事由

shìyóu
  1. main content
  2. matter
  3. work
  4. origin of an incident
  5. cause
  6. purpose
  7. subject (of business letter)

CEDICT

  1. (colloquial) occupation; profession; career; vocation
  2. course of events; particulars of a matter; whys and wherefores of a matter
  3. excuse; pretext
  4. main content (of an official document)
  5. occupation; profession; career; vocation

Wiktionary

事情原委、來由。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 事 shì
  1. matter
  2. thing
  3. item
  4. work
  5. affair

classifiers: 件, 樁, 回
2 由 yóu
  1. to follow
  2. from
  3. because of; due to
  4. by; via; through
  5. (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...

Related entries

事 shì
  1. matter
  2. thing
  3. item
  4. work
  5. affair

classifiers: 件, 樁, 回

這事嘛

So this is the thing.

Source: Tatoeba

事項 shìxiàng
  1. matter
  2. item
关于财务方面的事项，公司里没有人比琼斯先生更了解。

With respect to financial matters, Mr Jones knows more than anyone else in the company.

Source: Tatoeba

物質 wùzhì
  1. matter
  2. substance
  3. material
  4. materialistic

classifier: 個

食物和饮料是物质需求。

Food and drink are material needs.

Source: Tatoeba

嘢 yě
  1. (Cantonese) thing
  2. matter
  3. stuff
質料 zhìliào
  1. material
  2. matter
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