| 柳条沟事变 | liǔ tiáo gōu shì biàn | the Mukden or Manchurian railway incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria; also known as 9-18 incident 九一八事变 |
| 核事件 | hé shì jiàn | nuclear incident |
| 核武器事故 | hé wǔ qì shì gù | nuclear weapon accident |
| 乐事 | lè shì | pleasure; Lay's (brand) |
欲善其事，
必先利其器 | yù shàn qí shì ,
bì xiān lì qí qì | To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job |
| 欧洲理事会 | Ōu zhōu Lǐ shì huì | European Council |
| 历史事件 | lì shǐ shì jiàn | historical incident |
毛泽东・不为人知
的故事 | Máo Zé dōng · bù wéi rén zhī de gù shi | Mao Zedong, the unknown story by Jung Chang 张戎 and Jon Halliday |
毛泽东・鲜为人知
的故事 | Máo Zé dōng · xiān wéi rén zhī de gù shi | Mao Zedong, the unknown story by Jung Chang 张戎 and Jon Halliday |
| 民事诉讼 | mín shì sù sòng | common plea; civil appeal (as opposed to criminal case) |
| 民事责任 | mín shì zé rèn | civil liability (law) |
| 民间故事 | mín jiān gù shi | folk story; folktale |
| 汽车炸弹事件 | qì chē zhà dàn shì jiàn | car bombing |
| 沉船事故 | chén chuán shì gù | a shipwreck; a sinking |
| 没事 | méi shì | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) |
| 没有事 | méi yǒu shì | not a bit; nothing is up; nothing alarming is happening |
| 海事局 | hǎi shì jú | PRC Maritime Safety Agency |
| 海事法院 | hǎi shì fǎ yuàn | maritime court |
| 海事处 | hǎi shì chù | Marine Department |
| 混事 | hùn shì | to work half-heartedly; to get by in a job with the minimum effort |
| 济事 | jì shì | (usually used in the negative) to be of help or use |
无一事而不学，
无一时而不学，
无一处而不得 | wú yī shì ér bù xué ,
wú yī shí ér bù xué ,
wú yī chǔ ér bù dé | Study everything, at all times, everywhere (Zhu Xi 朱熹) |
| 无事不登三宝殿 | wú shì bù dēng sān bǎo diàn | One doesn't visit the temple without cause (idiom). to visit sb with an ulterior motive (esp. to ask for sth); having a hidden agenda |
| 无事生非 | wú shì shēng fēi | make trouble out of nothing |
| 无所事事 | wú suǒ shì shì | to have nothing to do; to idle one's time away (idiom) |
| 无论何事 | wú lùn hé shì | anything; whatever |
| 熟人熟事 | shú rén shú shì | familiar |
| 理事长 | lǐ shì zhǎng | director general |
| 什么事 | shén me shì | what?; which? |
| 生平事迹 | shēng píng shì jì | lifetime achievements |
| 异事 | yì shì | sth else; a separate matter; not the same thing; with different jobs (not colleagues); a remarkable thing; sth special; an odd thing; sth strange or incomprehensible |
| 异文鄙事 | yì wén bǐ shì | strange writing by rustic or illiterate |
| 当事 | dāng shì | effective (in some matter); involved (in some matter) |
| 当事者 | dāng shì zhě | the person involved; the people holding power |
| 当回事 | dàng huí shì | to take seriously (often with negative expression: "don't take it too seriously"); to treat conscientiously |
| 当回事儿 | dàng huí shìr | erhua variant of 当回事, to take seriously (often with negative expression: "don't take it too seriously"); to treat conscientiously |
| 当天事当天毕 | dàng tiān shì dàng tiān bì | never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom) |
| 白事 | bái shì | funeral; to explain (literary) |
| 百事俱废 | bǎi shì jù fèi | to go to pot (idiom) |
| 百事可乐 | Bǎi shì kě lè | Pepsi |
| 百事轻怡 | Bǎi shì qīng yí | Diet Pepsi; Pepsi Light |
| 百事通 | bǎi shì tōng | knowledgeable person; know all |
| 百科事典 | bǎi kē shì diǎn | encyclopedia |
| 皖南事变 | wǎn nán shì biàn | New Fourth Army Incident of 1940, involving fighting between the nationalists and communists |
| 盛事 | shèng shì | grand occasion |
| 卢沟桥事变 | Lú gōu qiáo shì biàn | the Marco Polo bridge incident of 7th July 1937 that sparked WW2 between Japan and China |
| 相安无事 | xiāng ān wú shì | to live together in harmony |
| 相机行事 | xiāng jī xíng shì | to act as circumstances dictate (idiom) |
| 真事 | zhēn shì | reality; veracity; the real thing |
| 真人真事 | zhēn rén zhēn shì | genuine people and true events |
