yì shì yí wén

Traditional: 軼事遺聞

轶事遗闻 (yì shì yí wén) is a Chinese word meaning “anecdote (about historical person); lost or apocryphal story”.

Meanings

  1. 1anecdote (about historical person)
  2. 2lost or apocryphal story

Characters in 轶事遗闻

轶yì · (bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages) (variant of 佚[yi4])事shì · matter遗yí · (bound form) to leave behind闻wén · to hear

Related words

事matter事情affair; matter; thing; business故事old practice故事narrative; story; tale事实上in fact事实fact事儿one's employment新闻news事件incident; event遗憾regret闻to hear闻surname Wen

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