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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
凡事
everything
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
everything
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 凡事 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 凡事 appears in 8 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Change is the only constant.
Moderation in all things.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 凡事.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 凡事.
Directly before
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
Directly after
- 凡事都3
- 凡事要2
- 凡事行1
- 凡事豫则立1
- 凡事皆1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 凡事
What does 凡事 mean in Chinese?
凡事 (fánshì) means everything.
How do you pronounce 凡事?
凡事 is pronounced fánshì.
Is 凡事 an HSK word?
凡事 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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