無事

无事
wúshì
  1. (literary, vernacular, dialectal) to have no further business; to have nothing further to discuss
  2. to have no further business; to have nothing further to discuss

Wiktionary

Examples

无事掘小，小事掘大。

No matter how low the target, always aim higher.

Every journey begins with a single step.

Make the best of your opportunities.

When you have nothing, aim low; when you get somewhere, aim high.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

=1 無 mó used in 南無 nāmó
=1 無 wú
  1. not to have
  2. no
  3. none
  4. not
  5. to lack
  6. un-
  7. -less
=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”)

Containing this entry

安全無事 ānquánwúshì safe and sound
平安無事 píngānwúshì safe and sound (idiom)
無事不登三寶殿 wúshìbùdēngsānbǎodiàn
  1. lit. one doesn't visit a temple without a cause (idiom)
  2. fig. to visit sb with an ulterior motive (esp. to ask for sth)
無事可做 wúshìkězuò
  1. to have nothing to do
  2. to have time on one's hands
無事獻殷勤，非姦即盜 wúshìxiànyīnqín,fēijiānjídào one who is unaccountably solicitous is hiding evil intentions (idiom)
無事生非 wúshìshēngfēi to make trouble out of nothing
相安無事 xiāngānwúshì (idiom) to live together in harmony
閒來無事 xiánláiwúshì
  1. at leisure
  2. idle
  3. to have nothing to do
相安無事 xiāng'ānwúshì
平安無事 píng'ānwúshì
行若無事 xíngruòwúshì