lì shǐ shì jiàndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
historical incident
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Original source entry:

歷史事件 历史事件 [li4 shi3 shi4 jian4] /historical incident/

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Other forms in these source records: 歷史事件

  • 历
    lì

    calendar / to experience / to undergo / to pass through / all / each / every / history

  • 史
    shǐ

    history / annals / title of an official historian in ancient China

    Shǐ

    surname Shi

  • 事
    shì

    matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jiàn],樁|桩[zhuāng],回[huí]

  • 件
    jiàn

    item / component / classifier for events, things, clothes etc

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