| 终身大事 |
zhōng shēn dà shì |
major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage) |
| 终 |
zhōng |
end / finish |
| 终身 |
zhōng shēn |
lifelong / all one's life / marriage |
| 身 |
shēn |
body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158 |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 大事 |
dà shì |
major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL:件,桩 |
| 事 |
shì |
matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件,桩,回 |