郑重其事 zhèngzhòngqíshì to take something seriously Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 郑重 鄭重 zhèngzhòng serious serious; solemn; earnest; cautious其 qí pronoun [third-person possessive] his; her; its; their; refers back to a person or thing mentioned previously事 shì noun matter matter; affair; thing; event