大事

大事

1. important matter; big deal; major event; great thing

   這是關係到生死的大事。 [MSC, trad.]
   这是关系到生死的大事。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè shì guānxì dào shēngsǐ de dàshì. [Pinyin]

   This is a matter of life and death.

   廉政建設是關係到黨和國家生死攸關的大事。 [MSC, trad.]
   廉政建设是关系到党和国家生死攸关的大事。 [MSC, simp.]

   Liánzhèng jiànshè shì guānxì dào dǎng hé guójiā shēngsǐyōuguān de dàshì. [Pinyin]

   The establishment of a clean and honest administration is a matter of life and death for both the party and the country.

   • 天下難事，必作於易，天下大事，必作於細。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     天下难事，必作于易，天下大事，必作于细。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Tao Te Ching, 4^th century BCE

     Tiānxià nánshì, bì zuò yú yì, tiānxià dàshì, bì zuò yú xì. [Pinyin]

     All difficult things in the world are sure to arise from a previous state in which they were easy, and all great things from one in which they were small.

• 一回事 (yīhuíshì)

• (literary) 可事 (kěshì)
• 小事 (xiǎoshì)

大事

1. in a big way

   大事渲染  ―  dàshì xuànrǎn  ―  to play up

• (Tokyo) だいじ [dàíjíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[1] in "大事にする"
• (Tokyo) だいじ [dàíjí] (Heiban – [0]) in "大事な"
• (Tokyo) だいじ [dáꜜìjì] (Atamadaka – [1]) in "大事に至らない"
• IPA^(key): [da̠iʑi]

大(だい)事(じ) • (daiji) -na (adnominal 大(だい)事(じ)な (daiji na), adverbial 大(だい)事(じ)に (daiji ni))

1. important
2. (archaic) difficult, highly troubling
3. (archaic) seriously ill or injured; grave
   • 10th century, Ochikubo Monogatari:

     いと大(だい)事(じ)にはあらねど、起(お)き臥(ふ)しなやみ給(たま)ふを

     Ito daiji niwa aranedo, oki fushi nayami tamau o

     Although it wasn't the gravest [illness / situation], [he / she] truly suffered fitful nights and days unable to sleep.

   • 13th century, Koun Ejō, 正法眼蔵随聞記 巻六:

     或(ある)時(とき)、尻(しり)に腫(はれ)物(もの)を出(だ)す。医(い)師(し)、是(これ)を見(み)て、大(だい)事(じ)の物(もの)也(なり)、と云(いふ)。恵(けい)云(いは)く、大(だい)事(じ)の物(もの)ならば、死(し)すべしや。医(い)云(いは)く、ほとんどあやうかるべし。

     Aru toki, shiri ni haremono o dasu. Ishi, kore o mite, daiji no mono nari, to iu. Kei iwaku, daiji no mono naraba, shisu beshi ya. I iwaku, hotondo ayōkaru beshi.

     One day, he got a swelling on the buttocks. The doctor saw it and said it was grave. "If it is grave, then would I die [soon]?" Kei asked. The doctor said, "Close to [life-]threatening."

• 大(たい)切(せつ) (taisetsu, “important”)
• 重(じゅう)大(だい) (jūdai, “grave”)
• 難(なん)儀(ぎ) (nangi, “difficult, highly troubling”)

大(だい)事(じ) • (daiji) 

1. An important thing; a serious matter; a valuable thing
2. (colloquial) trouble

• お大(だい)事(じ)に (o daiji ni, “get well soon”)
• 大(だい)事(じ)に至(いた)らない (daiji ni itaranai, “non-fatal, without heavy injury, no threat to life”)
• 大(だい)事(じ)無(な)い (daijinai, “not worrisome”)
• 大(だい)事(じ)を取(と)る (daiji o toru, “as a precaution, to be careful”)
• 大(だい)事(じ)の前(まえ)の小(しょう)事(じ) (daiji no mae no shōji, “lose a fly to catch a trout”)

• (Tokyo) おおごと [òógótó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːɡo̞to̞]

大(おお)事(ごと) • (ōgoto) 

1. a serious matter

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

大事 • (daesa) (hangeul 대사)

1. hanja form^? of 대사 (“an important thing; a serious matter; a valuable thing”)

大事

1. chữ Hán form of đại sự (“important matter; big deal; major event; great thing”)