取事

qǔshì
  1. (literary) to illustrate with an example; to use an allusion
  2. (literary) to take action
  3. to illustrate with an example; to use an allusion
  4. to take action

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 取 qǔ
  1. to take
  2. to get
  3. to choose
  4. to fetch
=2 事 shì
  1. matter
  2. thing
  3. item
  4. work
  5. affair

classifiers: 件, 樁, 回
=2 事 zì
  1. alternative form of 倳 (zì, “to establish”)
  2. alternative form of 剚 (zì, “to stab”)