易事

yìshì

noun

Meanings

1 easy matter
2 easy task

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

学好一门外语可不是易事。

Xuéhǎo yì mén wàiyǔ kě bú shì yìshì.

Learning a foreign language well is no easy matter.

HSK 7-9

要让几十个人同时满意，绝非易事。

Yào ràng jǐshí ge rén tóngshí mǎnyì, juéfēi yìshì.

Pleasing dozens of people at the same time is by no means easy.

Tips

usage

易事 is almost always negated: 不是易事, 并非易事, 绝非易事 (by no means easy). 易 means 'easy' here, as in 容易; the opposite is 难事, a hard matter.

Stroke Order

易 yì

事 shì