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逸事

yì shì

2-character word

What 逸事 means

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

The characters in 逸事

• 逸yì(bound form) to flee; to escape; (bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages)…
• 事shìmatter; thing; item

Sounds the same

Read yì shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 议事to discuss official business
• 易事easy task
• 义士high-minded and righteous person; patriot; loyalist
• 意式Italian-style
• 义式(Taiwan) Italian-style
• 异事sth else; a separate matter; not the same thing
• 易逝passing; transient; fugitive
• 轶事variant of 逸事

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