世說新語

世说新语
Shìshuōxīnyǔ

A New Account of the Tales of the World

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世說新語 Shìshuō Xīnyǔ A New Account of the Tales of the World, collection of anecdotes, conversations, remarks etc of historic personalities, compiled and edited by Liu Yiqing 劉義慶 Liú Yìqìng

Entry Composition

=1 世 Shì surname Shi
=1 世 shì
  1. life
  2. age
  3. generation
  4. era
  5. world
  6. lifetime
  7. epoch
  8. descendant
  9. noble
=2 說 shuì to persuade
=2 說 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=2 說 yuè
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 悅 /悦 (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
  2. alternative form of 悅 /悦 (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
=2 說 tuō
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 脫 /脱 (“to free; to relieve”)
  2. alternative form of 脫 /脱 (“to free; to relieve”)
3 新語 xīnyǔ
  1. (neologism) Newspeak
  2. New Discourses (ancient Chinese text written by Lu Jia during the Western Han dynasty)
  3. Newspeak
  4. new words; new expression