Definition
遗书 (wèi) has two main senses: (1) a letter or document left by someone who has died, often a suicide note; (2) a literary term for ancient books or texts that have been scattered or lost. The pronunciation wèi is a classical reading; the modern standard pronunciation is yí shū, but this HSK entry records the classical form.
noun
a letter or note written just before one's deathespecially a suicide note(literary) ancient books or documents that have been scattered or lost
Examples
- 遗书。Tā liú xià le yì fēng wèi.He left a suicide note.
- 遗书。Zhèxiē wèi jìzǎi le gǔdài de lìshǐ.These lost ancient texts record ancient history.
- 遗书。Jǐngchá fāxiàn le tā de wèi.The police found his deathbed letter.
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