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Meaning of 軼

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(Simplified: 轶)
Pinyin:
English Definition: to excel; to surpass; to be scattered; variant of , 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: 12; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (cart) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ chē ] cart, vehicle; to move in a cart
    • [ shī ] to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
Similar Characters:
Example Words
軼事 shì variant of 逸事
軼聞 wén anecdote; apocryphal story
軼事遺聞 shì wén anecdote (about historical person); lost or apocryphal story
軼塵 chén variant of 逸尘
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Example Sentences
1
Yet as a writer, you have to add something more than the anecdote - a deeper truth.
2
He did not predict the future in his copious science fiction, he insisted. He simply extrapolated.
3
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.