| 凡事总有开头 | fán shì zǒng yǒu kāi tóu | Everything starts somewhere. |
| 凶事 | xiōng shì | fateful accident; inauspicious matter (involving death or casualties) |
| 出了事 | chū le shì | sth bad happened |
| 刑事审判庭 | xíng shì shěn pàn tíng | criminal court |
| 刑事局 | xíng shì jú | Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) |
| 刑事拘留 | xíng shì jū liú | to detain as criminal |
| 刑事法庭 | xíng shì fǎ tíng | criminal court |
| 刑事法院 | xíng shì fǎ yuàn | criminal court; judiciary court |
| 刑事犯 | xíng shì fàn | a criminal |
| 刑事诉讼法 | xíng shì sù sòng fǎ | criminal procedure |
| 刑事警察局 | xíng shì jǐng chá jú | criminal investigation bureau |
| 利事 | lì shì | lucky item (poster, envelope etc) made from red paper, used especially at Chinese New Year, also written 利是 |
| 前事 | qián shì | past events; antecedent; what has happened |
前事不忘，
后事之师 | qián shì bù wàng ,
hòu shì zhī shī | don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience |
| 势殊事异 | shì shū shì yì | lit. conditions unique and matters different; things are not the same as before (idiom) |
| 南京大屠杀事件 | Nán jīng dà tú shā shì jiàn | the Nanjing massacre of December 1937; the Rape of Nanjing (documentary book by Iris Chang 张纯如) |
及时处理，
事半功倍 | jí shí chǔ lǐ ,
shì bàn gōng bèi | timely handling doubles the effect and halves the effort; the right approach saves effort and leads to better results; a stitch in time saves nine |
| 受事 | shòu shì | object (of a transitive verb); to receive a task |
| 吉事果 | jí shì guǒ | churro |
| 咄咄怪事 | duō duō guài shì | strange; absurd; paradoxical; extraordinary |
| 善事 | shàn shì | good deeds |
| 四一二事变 | sì yī èr shì biàn | the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists; called 反革命政變 or 惨案 in PRC literature |
| 因人成事 | yīn rén chéng shì | to get things done relying on others (idiom); with a little help from his friends |
| 国事访问 | guó shì fǎng wèn | state visit |
国务院台湾事务办
公室 | Guó wù yuàn Tái wān Shì wù Bàn gōng shì | Taiwan Affairs Office |
国务院港澳事务办
公室 | Guó wù yuàn Gǎng Ào Shì wù Bàn gōng shì | Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office (State Council, of PRC) |
| 国际刑事警察组织 | Guó jì Xíng shì Jǐng chá Zǔ zhī | International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) |
| 国际海事组织 | Guó jì Hǎi shì Zǔ zhī | International Maritime Organization |
| 坏事 | huài shì | to ruin sth; to spoil; to sour; to make things bad; evil deed; bad action; dishonesty; criminality; corruption |
| 外事处 | wài shì chù | Foreign Affairs Office (at a university); Foreign Affairs Department |
| 外交事务 | wài jiāo shì wù | foreign affairs |
| 外交关系理事会 | Wài jiāo Guān xì Lǐ shì huì | Council on Foreign Relations (US policy think thank) |
| 多事之秋 | duō shì zhī qiū | troubled times; eventful period |
| 多大点事 | duō dà diǎn shì | trivial matter; Big deal! |
| 多管闲事 | duō guǎn xián shì | meddling in other people's business |
大事化小，
小事化了 | dà shì huà xiǎo ,
xiǎo shì huà le | to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all |
| 大屠杀事件 | dà tú shā shì jiàn | massacre; Holocaust |
天下无难事，
只怕有心人 | tiān xià wú nán shì ,
zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén | lit. nothing is difficult on this earth, if your mind is set (idiom) |
好事不出门，
恶事传千里 | hǎo shì bù chū mén ,
è shì chuán qiān lǐ | lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles; a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom) |
| 好事多磨 | hǎo shì duō mó | good things do not come without toil (idiom) |
| 好事多磨 | hǎo shì duō mò | the road to happiness is paved with hardships (idiom) |
| 好事者 | hào shì zhě | busybody; CL:个 |
| 好故事百听不厌 | hǎo gù shi bǎi tīng bù yàn | The story is so good it's worth hearing a hundred times.; One never tires of hearing good new. |
好汉做事，
好汉当 | hǎo hàn zuò shì ,
hǎo hàn dāng | daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it; a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions; the buck stops here |
| 完事大吉 | wán shì dà jí | everything is finished (idiom); And there you are! |
| 家和万事兴 | jiā hé wàn shì xīng | if the family lives in harmony all affairs will prosper (idiom) |
| 实事 | shí shì | fact; actual thing; practical matter |
| 审慎行事 | shěn shèn xíng shì | to act prudently; steering a cautious course |
| 专事 | zhuān shì | specialized |
| 寻事生非 | xún shì shēng fēi | to look for trouble |
