臣事

chénshì
  1. (literary) to serve as a minister to a feudal state
  2. to serve as a minister to a feudal state

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 臣 Chén surname Chen
=1 臣 chén
  1. state official or subject in dynastic China
  2. I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign)
  3. Kangxi radical 131
=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”)