史料

shǐliào

noun #50,528

Meanings

1 historical materials
2 historical sources
3 historical data

Characters

Examples

他花了十年整理这些史料。

Tā huā le shí nián zhěnglǐ zhèxiē shǐliào.

He spent ten years organizing these historical materials.

新出土的文物是珍贵的史料。

Xīn chūtǔ de wénwù shì zhēnguì de shǐliào.

The newly excavated artifacts are precious historical sources.

史料不足，这段历史难以还原。

Shǐliào bùzú, zhè duàn lìshǐ nányǐ huányuán.

With insufficient sources, this period of history is hard to reconstruct.

Tips

usage

Covers any raw material for historical study: documents, artifacts, inscriptions, memoirs. Compare with 史书 (history books, the finished narrative) and 史学 (historical scholarship).

Stroke Order

史 shǐ

料 liào