易事 [－－]

Jyutping jik6 si6
Pinyin yì shì

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    simple matter

易事 [－－]

Jyutping
Pinyin yì shì

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. easy task
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    翻译绝对不是一件易事。
    翻譯絕對不是一件易事。
    fān yì jué duì bù shì yī jiàn yì shì 。
    • Translation is by no means easy.
  2. Mandarin
    把一叠扑克牌的排列次序背熟，虽然绝不是一件易事，却也不是没有可能的。
    把一疊撲克牌的排列次序背熟，雖然絕不是一件易事，卻也不是沒有可能的。
    bǎ yī dié pū kè pái de pái liè cì xù bèi shú ， suī rán jué bù shì yī jiàn yì shì ， què yě bú shi méi yǒu kě néng de 。
    • Memorising the cards in a deck in order is certainly a difficult task, but manageable.
    • Memorizing the order of a deck of playing cards is definitely not easy, but it's not impossible.
    • Memorising the order of a pack of playing cards is certainly not easy, but neither is it impossible.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    养育一个小朋友唔系一件易事。
    養育一個小朋友唔係一件易事。
    joeng5 juk6 jat1 go3 siu2 pang4 jau5 m4 hai6 jat1 gin6 ji6 si6.
    • It's not easy to raise a kid.