好事 – vocab dash

好事hǎoshì

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Meanings

1. good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed")

2. charity

3. happy occasion

4. Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead

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年轻niánqīng的de时候shíhou多duō看kàn点diǎn好hǎo书shū是shì件jiàn好事hǎoshì。

It's a good thing to read good books when you are young.

那nà不会bùhuì是shì一yī件jiàn好事hǎoshì。

That wouldn't be a good thing.

我wǒ只zhǐ想xiǎng做zuò好事hǎoshì。

I only wanted to do some good.

我wǒ生平shēngpíng难得nándé做zuò了le一yī件jiàn好事hǎoshì...却是quèshì没用méiyòng的de。

For once in my life I'm doing a good deed... And it is useless.

童子军Tóngzǐjūn每天měitiān都dōu要yào完成wánchéng一yī件jiàn好事hǎoshì。

Boy Scouts need to do one good deed every day.

如果rúguǒ你nǐ做zuò的de是shì好事hǎoshì，为什么wèishénme我wǒ不能bùnéng照做zhàozuò啊a？

If you're doing something good, why can't I do that too?