逸事 (yì shì) — anecdote (often about a famous person); lost or apocryphal story about a famous person
Definition
Literary term for an anecdote about a famous person — often unverified, apocryphal, or lost to history. More formal than the everyday 故事.
noun
anecdote (often about a famous person)lost or apocryphal story about a famous person
Examples
- 逸事。Zhè běn shū shōu jí le xǔ duō míng rén de yì shì.This book collects many famous people's anecdotes.
- 逸事。Tā jiǎng le yí gè guān yú huáng dì de yì shì.He told an anecdote about an emperor.
- 逸事，。Zhè xiē yì shì suī rán quē fá zhèng jù, dàn hěn yǒu qù.These anecdotes lack evidence, but are very interesting.
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