逸事

yìshì
  1. anecdote
  2. lost or apocryphal story about famous person

CEDICT

interesting but little known event in history; historical anecdote, episode or piece of trivia

Wiktionary

正史上没有记载的遗闻轶事。如：「许多传奇小说多由逸事编撰而成。」也作「轶事」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 逸 yì
  1. to escape
  2. leisurely
  3. outstanding
2 事 shì
  1. matter
  2. thing
  3. item
  4. work
  5. affair

classifiers: 件, 樁, 回

Containing this entry

逸事遗闻 yìshìyíwén variant of 轶事遗闻 yìshìyíwén

Related entries

轶事遗闻 yìshìyíwén
  1. anecdote (about historical person)
  2. lost or apocryphal story
轶闻 yìwén
  1. anecdote
  2. apocryphal story
逸话 yìhuà
  1. rumor
  2. anecdote (not in the official record)
  3. apocryphal story