行事

xíngshì
  1. to execute
  2. to handle
  3. behavior
  4. action
  5. conduct

CEDICT

  1. (literary) behaviour; conduct
  2. (literary) to take action; to act
  3. behaviour; conduct
  4. to take action; to act

Wiktionary

  1. 行為舉止。
  2. 辦事、做事。

重編國語辭典

Examples

你愚蠢地行事，你会付出代价。

You've acted foolishly and you will pay for it.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 行 xíng
  1. (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel
  2. (literary) trip; journey; visit
  3. (bound form) temporary; makeshift
  4. (bound form) current; in circulation
  5. (bound form) to do; to perform
  6. capable; competent
  7. all right; OK!; will do
  8. behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. xìng)
  9. (literary) about to; soon
2 事 shì
  1. matter
  2. thing
  3. item
  4. work
  5. affair

classifiers: 件, 樁, 回

Containing this entry

依計行事 yījìxíngshì to act according to plan
便宜行事 biànyíxíngshì
  1. act at one's discretion
  2. act as one sees fit
審慎行事 shěnshènxíngshì
  1. to act prudently
  2. steering a cautious course
相機行事 xiàngjīxíngshì to act as circumstances dictate (idiom)
行事曆 xíngshìlì
  1. calendar
  2. schedule
見機行事 jiànjīxíngshì
  1. see the opportunity and act (idiom); to act according to circumstances
  2. to play it by ear
  3. to use one's discretion

Related entries

執 zhí
  1. to execute (a plan)
  2. to grasp
执子之手，与子偕老。

Today I take your hand so that we may grow old together.

Source: Tatoeba

正法 zhèngfǎ
  1. to execute
  2. the law
處決 chǔjué to execute (a condemned criminal)
執行 zhíxíng
  1. to implement
  2. to carry out
  3. to execute
  4. to run
计划被执行了。

The plan was carried out.

The plan was executed.

Source: Tatoeba

決 jué
  1. to decide
  2. to determine
  3. to execute (sb)
  4. (of a dam etc) to breach or burst
  5. definitely
  6. certainly
一定有解決的辦法。

There must be some way to solve this.

Source: Tatoeba

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