用事

yòngshì
  1. (literary) to hold power
  2. (literary) to use classical allusions in poetry and literature
  3. to hold power
  4. to manage affairs; to get things done
  5. to use classical allusions in poetry and literature

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 用 yòng
  1. to use; to make use of; to employ
  2. (coverb) with; using
  3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
  4. usefulness; utility
  5. (bound form) expense; outlay
  6. (courteous) to eat; to drink
  7. (literary) hence; therefore
=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

意氣用事 yìqìyòngshì (idiom) to let emotions affect one's decisions
感情用事 gǎnqíngyòngshì to act impetuously (idiom); on an impulse