anecdote (about historical person); lost or apocryphal story
trad. 軼事遺聞
Also written 軼事遺聞【yì shì yí wén】
Characters in this word
4轶
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(bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages) (variant of 佚[yi4]), (bound form) to surpass the ordinary; outstanding (variant of 逸[yi4])
- Pinyin
- yì
- Traditional
- 軼
- Strokes
- 9
事
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matter, thing, item, work, affair, CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- Pinyin
- shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 68 of 2500
遗
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(bound form) to leave behind
- Pinyin
- yí
- Traditional
- 遺
- Strokes
- 12
闻
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surname Wen
- Pinyin
- Wén
- Traditional
- 聞
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 4042 of 2500