(pos:名詞)(sim:事幹)(sim:嘢)
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yue:現象、活動（量詞：件／回）
eng:matter; affair; thing; business; event
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yue:#國事 (gwok3 si6)
eng:national affairs
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yue:#往事 (wong5 si6)
eng:past event (of a vague time period) in one's life
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yue:#小事 (siu2 si6)
eng:small issue; minor matter; trivial matter
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yue:#急事 (gap1 si6)
eng:urgent matter; emergency
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yue:#白事 (baak6 si6)
eng:funeral; literally: white matter
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yue:#事務 (si6 mou6)
eng:work; routine; affairs
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yue:#大事 (daai6 si6)
eng:impactful event; important matter; major issue
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yue:唔關你事！ (m4 gwaan1 nei5 si6!)
eng:It's none of your business!
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yue:發生咩事啊？ (faat3 sang1 me1 si6 aa3?)
eng:What's happened?
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yue:麻煩、唔好嘅嘢、問題疑難
eng:trouble; accident; incident; problem
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yue:#搞事 (gaau2 si6)
eng:to make a mess; to make trouble
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yue:#滋事 (zi1 si6)
eng:to cause trouble; to provoke a dispute
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yue:#事主 (si6 zyu2)
eng:victim of a crime; person involved in a dispute
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yue:你有冇事呀？ (nei5 jau5 mou5 si6 aa3)
eng:Are you all right?
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yue:我都叫咗你唔好咁做㗎啦，而家出事嘞！ (ngo5 dou1 giu3 zo2 nei5 m4 hou2 gam2 zou6 gaa3 laa1, ji4 gaa1 ceot1 si6 laak3!)
eng:I told you not to do it (and you didn't listen). Now something has gone wrong!

(pos:語素)
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yue:從事
eng:to be engaged in
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yue:#不事生產 (bat1 si6 sang1 caan2)
eng:to lead an idle life; not to work; not to do anything productive
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<explanation>
yue:侍奉；服務
eng:to serve
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yue:不事二主 (bat1 si6 ji6 zyu2)
eng:(of officials, vassals) not to serve two masters; to be loyal