当回事

Traditional form:

當回事

Pinyin (reading):

dànghuíshì

Definitions:

• to take seriously (often with negative expression: "don't take it too seriously")
• to treat conscientiously

Characters:

• 当 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident

Traditional characters:

• 當 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident