大事

dàshì
  1. major event
  2. major political event (war or change of regime)
  3. major social event (wedding or funeral)
  4. (do sth) in a big way

classifiers: 件, 樁

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 大 dà
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 dàjiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
2 事 shì
  1. matter
  2. thing
  3. item
  4. work
  5. affair

classifiers: 件, 樁, 回