| 1 | 历史 | 歷史 | lì shǐ | li4 shi3 | history; Classifiers: 门 | | |
| 2 | 历史上 | 歷史上 | lì shǐ shàng | li4 shi3 shang4 | historical; in history | | |
| 3 | 历来 | 歷來 | lì lái | li4 lai2 | always; throughout (a period of time); (of) all-time | | |
| 4 | 历代 | 歷代 | lì dài | li4 dai4 | successive generations; successive dynasties; past dynasties | | |
| 5 | 历程 | 歷程 | lì chéng | li4 cheng2 | Licheng district of Jinan city 济南市 , Shandong; course; process | | |
| 6 | 历时 | 歷時 | lì shí | li4 shi2 | to last; to take (time); period; diachronic | | |
| 7 | 历史性 | 歷史性 | lì shǐ xìng | li4 shi3 xing4 | historic | | |
| 8 | 历 | 曆 | lì | li4 | to experience; to undergo; to pass through; all; each; every; history; calendar; old variant of 历 ; old variant of 历 | | |
| 9 | 历法 | 曆法 | lì fǎ | li4 fa3 | variant of 历法 calendar; calendar science; calendar system | | |
| 10 | 历史学 | 歷史學 | lì shǐ xué | li4 shi3 xue2 | history | | |
| 11 | 历史唯物主义 | 歷史唯物主義 | lì shǐ wéi wù zhǔ yì | li4 shi3 wei2 wu4 zhu3 yi4 | historical materialism (Marx's theory of history) | | |
| 12 | 历年 | 歷年 | lì nián | li4 nian2 | over the years; bygone years; calendar year | | |
| 13 | 历经 | 歷經 | lì jīng | li4 jing1 | to experience; to go through | | |
| 14 | 历来如此 | 歷來如此 | lì lái rú cǐ | li4 lai2 ru2 ci3 | This has always been the case. (idiom) | | |
| 15 | 历历可数 | 歷歷可數 | lì lì kě shǔ | li4 li4 ke3 shu3 | each one distinguishable | | |
| 16 | 历历在目 | 歷歷在目 | lì lì zài mù | li4 li4 zai4 mu4 | vivid in one's mind (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 历久弥新 | 歷久彌新 | lì jiǔ mí xīn | li4 jiu3 mi2 xin1 | and remains fresh over time | | |
| 18 | 历久弥坚 | 歷久彌堅 | lì jiǔ mí jiān | li4 jiu3 mi2 jian1 | to become more resolute with the passing of time (idiom) | | |
| 19 | 历祖历宗 | 歷祖歷宗 | lì zǔ lì zōng | li4 zu3 li4 zong1 | ancestors (idiom) | | |
| 20 | 历尽艰难 | 歷盡艱難 | lì jìn jiān nán | li4 jin4 jian1 nan2 | to have gone through all kinds of hardship and difficulties (idiom) | | |
| 21 | 历尽沧桑 | 歷盡滄桑 | lì jìn cāng sāng | li4 jin4 cang1 sang1 | to have been through the hardships of life; to have been through the mill | | |
| 22 | 历尽 | 歷盡 | lì jìn | li4 jin4 | to have experienced a lot of; to have been through | | |
| 23 | 历代志下 | 歷代志下 | lì dài zhì xià | Li4 dai4 zhi4 xia4 | Second book of Chronicles | | |
| 24 | 历代志上 | 歷代志上 | lì dài zhì shàng | Li4 dai4 zhi4 shang4 | First book of Chronicles | | |
| 25 | 历次 | 歷次 | lì cì | li4 ci4 | each (item in sequence); successive | | |