史书
shǐ shū
Pinyin

Definition

史书
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shǐ shū
  1. history book

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

史
Shǐ
  1. 1 surname Shi
史上
shǐ shàng
  1. 1 in history
历史
lì shǐ
  1. 1 history
  2. 2 CL:門|门[mén],段[duàn]
史册
shǐ cè
  1. 1 annals
史前
shǐ qián
  1. 1 prehistory
史努比
Shǐ nǔ bǐ
  1. 1 Snoopy (comic strip pet dog)
史密斯
Shǐ mì sī
  1. 1 Smith (name)
史料
shǐ liào
  1. 1 historical material or data
史无前例
shǐ wú qián lì
  1. 1 unprecedented in history
史记
Shǐ jì
  1. 1 Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁[Sī mǎ Qiān], first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Èr shí sì Shǐ]
史诗
shǐ shī
  1. 1 an epic
  2. 2 poetic saga
文学史
wén xué shǐ
  1. 1 history of literature
有史以来
yǒu shǐ yǐ lái
  1. 1 since the beginning of history
历史性
lì shǐ xìng
  1. 1 historic
病史
bìng shǐ
  1. 1 medical history
简史
jiǎn shǐ
  1. 1 a brief history
罗曼史
luó màn shǐ
  1. 1 romance (loanword)
  2. 2 love affair
近代史
jìn dài shǐ
  1. 1 modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century)
野史
yě shǐ
  1. 1 unofficial history
  2. 2 history as popular legends
二十四史
Èr shí sì Shǐ
  1. 1 the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century
  2. 2 fig. a long and complicated story

Idioms (2)

以史为鉴
yǐ shǐ wéi jiàn
  1. 1 to learn from history (idiom)
名垂青史
míng chuí qīng shǐ
  1. 1 lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory

Sample Sentences

端午节的起源现在最流行的说法就是为了纪念爱国诗人屈原，但根据史书的记载。端午节在屈原之前早就有了。
duānwǔjié de qǐyuán xiànzài zuì liúxíng de shuōfa jiùshì wèile jìniàn àiguó shīrén Qū Yuán ，dàn gēnjù shǐshū de jìzǎi 。duānwǔjié zài Qū Yuán zhīqián zǎo jiù yǒu le 。
The most popular explanation for the origin of the Dragon Boat or Duanwu Festival is that it commemorates the patriotic poet Qu Yuan, but according to records in the classic histories Dragon Boat Festival existed long before Qu Yuan's time.
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史书上是怎么说的啊？
shǐshū shàng shì zěnme shuōde ā ？
What do the classic histories say?
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