时事

Traditional form:

時事

Pinyin (reading):

shíshì

Definitions:

• current trends; the present situation; how things are going

Characters:

• 时 - time, season; period, era, age
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident

Traditional characters:

• 時 - time, season; period, era, age
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident