起事

qǐshì

to start an armed struggle; to rise in rebellion

Wiktionary

Examples

這起事件使他一舉成名。

That incident made him famous.

Source: Tatoeba

她一年碰上了兩起事故。

She had two accidents within a year.

Source: Tatoeba

你真的看到了這起事故嗎？

Did you actually see the accident?

Source: Tatoeba

我还留着那起事故的伤疤。

I'll still have a scar from that accident.

Source: Tatoeba

详细叙述一下这起事故吧。

Describe that accident in detail.

Source: Tatoeba

道路结冰导致了很多起事故。

Many accidents resulted from the icy conditions of the road.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 起 qǐ
  1. to rise
  2. to raise
  3. to get up
  4. to set out
  5. to start
  6. to appear
  7. to launch
  8. to initiate (action)
  9. to draft
  10. to establish
  11. to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. verb suffix, to start
  13. starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. classifier for groups: batch, group
=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”)