美事 (měi shì) — pleasant thing/event; laudable act/deed

Definition

noun
pleasant thing/eventlaudable act/deed

Examples

  • 美事。
    Néng hé nǐ yì qǐ gōng zuò zhēn shì yí jiàn měi shì.
    It's really a pleasant thing to work with you.
  • ,美事。
    Tā bāng zhù lín jū xiū hǎo le fáng zi, zhè shì tā de měi shì.
    He helped his neighbor fix the house — that's his laudable deed.
  • 美事。
    Shēng huó zhōng zǒng yǒu yì xiē xiǎo měi shì ràng wǒ men kāi xīn.
    There are always small pleasant things in life that make us happy.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

事shìthing

Good or pleasant things are named by combining 'good' with 'thing'.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

美 shows 大, a person, wearing 羊, a headdress of feathers or ram's horn.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

In 事, 又 is a hand and 中 is a flagpole with a drum; holding a flag in hand depicts performing a job.

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