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Meaning of 轶

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轶 (Trad.: 軼)
Pinyin: yì
English Definition: to excel; to surpass; to be scattered; variant of 逸 , leisurely
Chinese Definition:
①超过:轶伦(超过同辈)。轶才(出众的才能)。轶材(不平凡的人才)。
②散失:轶事。轶闻。
③古同“溢”,充满而流出。
Total strokes: 9; Radical: 車
Pictophonetic:失 indicates the sound; 车 (cart) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • 车 [ chē ] cart, vehicle; to move in a cart
    • 失 [ shī ] to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
Similar Characters: 铁
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Example Words
轶事 yì shì variant of 逸事
轶闻 yì wén anecdote; apocryphal story
收残缀轶 shōu cán zhuì yì to gather and patch up sth that is badly damaged (idiom)
轶事遗闻 yì shì yí wén anecdote (about historical person); lost or apocryphal story
轶尘 yì chén variant of 逸尘
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Example Sentences
1
然而身为一名作家
,
你必须在轶闻之外添加一些更深层次的真相
。
Yet as a writer, you have to add something more than the anecdote - a deeper truth.
2
他坚持认为
,
在其卷轶浩繁的科幻小说里
,
他不是在预测未来
,
而仅仅是在推理
。
He did not predict the future in his copious science fiction, he insisted. He simply extrapolated.
3
英国早期的盎格鲁萨克逊居民
,
在原野上四处探勘观察
、
漫游和开垦
,
为各地形的起起伏伏精确地命名
,
然而这些微妙的立意
,
却在现代机动化的英国散轶
。
Early Anglo-Saxon settlers in England, observing, walking and working the landscape, defined its ups and downs with a subtlety largely missing from modern, motorised English.