yòng shì

用 事

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v.fmlbe in power
- nìng chén yòng shì
  佞臣用事。
  Treacherous court officials were in power.
2
v.fmlmake/quote literary allusions
- chěng cái xuàn bó yǒu yì yú yòng shì shì gǔ rén zuò wén de huài máo bìng
  逞才炫博，有意于用事，是古人作文的坏毛病。
  It is a bad habit of the ancients to try to show off their talents and to make literary allusions intentionally.
synonym
yòng diǎn用典
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v.act
- gǎn qíng yòng shì
  感情用事
  act impetuously
- yì qì yòng shì
  意气用事
  act on impulse

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