逸事

yìshì
noun #34,652

Measure Word

逸事 jiàn

Meanings

  1. 1 anecdote
  2. 2 untold or lost story about a famous person
  3. 3 apocryphal tale

Examples

HSK 5
Zhè běn shū jìlù le xǔduō míngrén de yìshì.
This book records many anecdotes about famous people.
HSK 5
Guānyú Lǔ Xùn de yìshì liúchuán zhìjīn.
Anecdotes about Lu Xun have been passed down to this day.

Tips

register
逸事 is literary; the everyday word for 'anecdote' is 趣事 or 故事. 逸事 specifically suggests stories that escaped () the official record - gossipy, colorful tales orbiting the formal biography of a figure.
memory
'escaped / hidden' + 'matter' - 'escaped matters,' i.e. stories that slipped past the official histories. Same as in 隐逸 (reclusive).

Stroke Order

shì