实事

實事
shíshì
noun #23,396

Meanings

  1. 1 fact
  2. 2 actual matter
  3. 3 practical affair
  4. 4 real thing

Examples

HSK 5
Zhèngfǔ jīnnián bàn le hěnduō shíshì, qúnzhòng hěn mǎnyì.
The government got many practical things done this year, and the people are satisfied.
HSK 7-9
Wǒmen yào shíshìqiúshì, bùnéng kuādà shìshí.
We must be practical and realistic - we can't exaggerate the facts.

Tips

usage
实事 appears in the famous idiom 实事求是 ('seek truth from facts'), a core principle in Chinese Marxist philosophy. On its own, 实事 means a real or practical matter, or a concrete task accomplished.

Stroke Order

shí
shì