Chinese learning begins with simple characters, progresses to phrases, and culminates in idioms. This free resource introduces advanced idioms. Today’s focus is 「茲事體大」. Check below for details.
This feature highlights the idiom 「茲事體大」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
This matter is of great importance and of great significance.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zī shì tǐ dà
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ji1 si6 tai2 daai6
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.

