说话 | [shuō huà, ㄕㄨㄛ ㄏㄨㄚˋ, 说 话 / 說 話] to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word #1,380 [Add to Longdo] |
传奇 | [chuán qí, ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄑㄧˊ, 传 奇 / 傳 奇] legendary; fantasy saga; romance; short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty #4,812 [Add to Longdo] |
楼房 | [lóu fáng, ㄌㄡˊ ㄈㄤˊ, 楼 房 / 樓 房] a building of two or more stories #9,888 [Add to Longdo] |
彷徨 | [páng huáng, ㄆㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ, 彷 徨] to pace back and forth; to hesitate; to be indecisive; Pang Huang or Wandering About, a collection of short stories by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅 #19,536 [Add to Longdo] |
史记 | [Shǐ jì, ㄕˇ ㄐㄧˋ, 史 记 / 史 記] Record of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian 司馬遷|司马迁, first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed in 91 BC during Western Han (former Han), 130 scrolls #21,388 [Add to Longdo] |
盛传 | [shèng chuán, ㄕㄥˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ, 盛 传 / 盛 傳] widely spread; widely rumored; stories abound; (sb's exploits are) widely circulated #26,496 [Add to Longdo] |
话本 | [huà běn, ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄅㄣˇ, 话 本 / 話 本] Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories #31,046 [Add to Longdo] |
汉书 | [Hàn shū, ㄏㄢˋ ㄕㄨ, 汉 书 / 漢 書] History of Western Han (former Han), second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Ban Gu 班固 in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls #33,086 [Add to Longdo] |
转述 | [zhuǎn shù, ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄕㄨˋ, 转 述 / 轉 述] to pass on (stories); to relate #34,672 [Add to Longdo] |
三国志 | [Sān guó zhì, ㄙㄢ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄓˋ, 三 国 志 / 三 國 志] History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Chen Shou 陳寿|陈寿 in 289 during Jin Dynasty 晋朝, 65 scrolls #35,216 [Add to Longdo] |
明史 | [Míng shǐ, ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄕˇ, 明 史] History of the Ming dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Zhang Tingyu 張廷玉|张廷玉 in 1739 during the Qing dynasty, 332 scrolls #46,492 [Add to Longdo] |
正史 | [zhèng shǐ, ㄓㄥˋ ㄕˇ, 正 史] the 24 or 25 official dynastic histories; true history, as opposed to fictional adaptation or popular legends #50,289 [Add to Longdo] |
宋史 | [Sòng shǐ, ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄕˇ, 宋 史] History of the Song dynasty, twentieth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed under Toktoghan 脱脱 in 1345 during the Yuan 元 dynasty, 496 scrolls; (not to be confused with 宋書|宋书) #50,991 [Add to Longdo] |
晋书 | [Jìn shū, ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕㄨ, 晋 书 / 晉 書] History of the Jin dynasty, fifth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Fang Xuanling 房玄齡 in 648 during Tang dynasty 唐朝, 130 scrolls #59,469 [Add to Longdo] |
旧唐书 | [Jiù Táng shū, ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄊㄤˊ ㄕㄨ, 旧 唐 书 / 舊 唐 書] History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫 in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋 of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls #63,033 [Add to Longdo] |
契诃夫 | [Qì hē fū, ㄑㄧˋ ㄏㄜ ㄈㄨ, 契 诃 夫 / 契 訶 夫] Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian writer famous for his short stories and plays #65,116 [Add to Longdo] |
元史 | [Yuán shǐ, ㄩㄢˊ ㄕˇ, 元 史] History of the Yuan dynasty, twenty third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Song Lian 宋濂 in 1370 during the Ming dynasty, 210 scrolls #67,982 [Add to Longdo] |
二十四史 | [èr shí sì shǐ, ㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄙˋ ㄕˇ, 二 十 四 史] twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions); fig. a long and complicated story #67,985 [Add to Longdo] |
纳尼亚 | [Nà ní yà, ㄋㄚˋ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˋ, 纳 尼 亚 / 納 尼 亞] Narnia, children's fantasy world in stories by C.S. Lewis #68,617 [Add to Longdo] |
聊斋志异 | [Liáo zhāi Zhì yì, ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄓㄞ ㄓˋ ㄧˋ, 聊 斋 志 异 / 聊 齋 志 異] Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio; lit. Supernatural tales from a verbose studio; Qing dynasty book of tales of the supernatural by Pu Songling 蒲松齡|蒲松龄 #70,088 [Add to Longdo] |
宋书 | [Sòng shū, ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄨ, 宋 书 / 宋 書] History of Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 or Liu Song 劉宋|刘宋, sixth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Shen Yue 沈約 in 488 during Liang of the Southern dynasties 南朝梁, 100 scrolls; (not to be confused with 宋史) #72,561 [Add to Longdo] |
听书 | [tīng shū, ㄊㄧㄥ ㄕㄨ, 听 书 / 聽 書] to listen to stories; to listen to performance of 說書|说书 storytelling #86,142 [Add to Longdo] |
五代史 | [Wǔ dài shǐ, ㄨˇ ㄉㄞˋ ㄕˇ, 五 代 史] History of the Five Dynasties, eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正 in 974 during Northern Song 北宋, 150 scrolls #95,125 [Add to Longdo] |
辽史 | [Liáo shǐ, ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄕˇ, 辽 史 / 遼 史] History of the Liao dynasty, twenty first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed under Toktoghan 脱脱 in 1345 during the Yuan 元 dynasty, 116 scrolls #99,207 [Add to Longdo] |
金史 | [Jīn shǐ, ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕˇ, 金 史] History of the Jurchen Jin dynasty, twenty second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed under Toktoghan 脱脱 in 1345 during the Yuan 元 dynasty, 135 scrolls #103,001 [Add to Longdo] |
编年体 | [biān nián tǐ, ㄅㄧㄢ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄧˇ, 编 年 体 / 編 年 體] in the style of annals; chronological history, the regular form of the Chinese dynastic histories #114,421 [Add to Longdo] |
南史 | [Nán shǐ, ㄋㄢˊ ㄕˇ, 南 史] History of the Southern Dynasties, fourteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Li Yanshou 李延壽|李延寿 in 659 during Tang dynasty, 80 scrolls #119,482 [Add to Longdo] |
二十五史 | [èr shí wǔ shǐ, ㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄨˇ ㄕˇ, 二 十 五 史] twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions) #144,297 [Add to Longdo] |
三侠五义 | [Sān xiá wǔ yì, ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˊ ㄨˇ ㄧˋ, 三 侠 五 义 / 三 俠 五 義] Sanxia wuyi (lit. Three knight-errants and five righteous one), novel edited from stories of late Qing pinghua 評話|评话 master storyteller Shi Yukun #174,735 [Add to Longdo] |
儒勒・凡尔纳 | [Rú lè· Fán ěr nà, ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄜˋ· ㄈㄢˊ ㄦˇ ㄋㄚˋ, 儒 勒 ・ 凡 尔 纳 / 儒 勒 ・ 凡 爾 納] Jules Verne (1828-1905), French novelist specializing in science fiction and adventure stories, author of Around the World in Eighty Days 八十天环绕地球 [Add to Longdo] |
初刻拍案惊奇 | [chū kè pāi àn jīng qí, ㄔㄨ ㄎㄜˋ ㄆㄞ ㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˊ, 初 刻 拍 案 惊 奇 / 初 刻 拍 案 驚 奇] Slap the table in amazement, Part I; first of two books of stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌蒙初 [Add to Longdo] |
北史 | [Běi shǐ, ㄅㄟˇ ㄕˇ, 北 史] History of the Northern Dynasties, fifteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Li Yanshou 李延壽|李延寿 in 659 during Tang dynasty, 100 scrolls [Add to Longdo] |
北齐书 | [Běi Qí shū, ㄅㄟˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄕㄨ, 北 齐 书 / 北 齊 書] History of Qi of the Northern dynasties, eleventh of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Li Baiyao 李百藥|李百药 in 636 during Tang dynasty, 50 scrolls [Add to Longdo] |
南齐书 | [Nán Qí shū, ㄋㄢˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄕㄨ, 南 齐 书 / 南 齊 書] History of Qi of the Southern dynasties, seventh of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Xiao Zixian 蕭子顯 萧子显 in 537 during Liang of the Southern dynasties 南朝梁, 59 scrolls [Add to Longdo] |
周书 | [Zhōu shū, ㄓㄡ ㄕㄨ, 周 书 / 周 書] History of Zhou of the Northern dynasties, twelfth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Linghu Defen 令狐德棻 in 636 during Tang dynasty, 50 scrolls [Add to Longdo] |
唐书 | [Táng shū, ㄊㄤˊ ㄕㄨ, 唐 书 / 唐 書] same as 舊唐書|旧唐书, History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫 in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋 of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls [Add to Longdo] |
小熊维尼 | [Xiǎo xióng Wéi ní, ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄋㄧˊ, 小 熊 维 尼 / 小 熊 維 尼] Winnie-the-Pooh (bear character in children's stories by A. A. Milne adapted by Disney) [Add to Longdo] |
后汉书 | [Hòu Hàn shū, ㄏㄡˋ ㄏㄢˋ ㄕㄨ, 后 汉 书 / 後 漢 書] History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Fan Ye 範曄|范晔 in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋, 120 scrolls [Add to Longdo] |
新五代史 | [Xīn Wǔ dài shǐ, ㄒㄧㄣ ㄨˇ ㄉㄞˋ ㄕˇ, 新 五 代 史] Later History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), nineteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修 in 1053 during Northern Song dynasty, 74 scrolls [Add to Longdo] |
新元史 | [Xīn Yuán shǐ, ㄒㄧㄣ ㄩㄢˊ ㄕˇ, 新 元 史] New history of the Yuan dynasty, sometimes listed as one of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Ke Shaomin 柯邵忞 in 1920 [Add to Longdo] |
新唐书 | [Xīn Táng shū, ㄒㄧㄣ ㄊㄤˊ ㄕㄨ, 新 唐 书 / 新 唐 書] History of the Later Tang Dynasty, seventeenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧陽修 and Song Qi 宋祁 in 1060 during Northern Song 北宋, 225 scrolls [Add to Longdo] |
柯南・道尔 | [Kē nán· Dào ěr, ㄎㄜ ㄋㄢˊ· ㄉㄠˋ ㄦˇ, 柯 南 ・ 道 尔 / 柯 南 ・ 道 爾] Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), author of the Sherlock Holmes stories 歇洛克·福爾摩斯|歇洛克·福尔摩斯 [Add to Longdo] |
梁书 | [Liáng shū, ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄕㄨ, 梁 书 / 梁 書] History of Liang of the Southern dynasties, eighth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Yao Silian 姚思廉 in 636 during Tang dynasty, 56 scrolls [Add to Longdo] |
清史稿 | [Qīng shǐ gāo, ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕˇ ㄍㄠ, 清 史 稿] Draft History of the Qing dynasty, sometimes listed as number 25 or 26 of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Zhao Erxun 趙爾巽|赵尔巽 in 1927 during the Northern Warlords period, 536 scrolls [Add to Longdo] |
纳尼亚传奇 | [Nà ní yà chuán qí, ㄋㄚˋ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄑㄧˊ, 纳 尼 亚 传 奇 / 納 尼 亞 傳 奇] The Chronicles of Narnia, Children's stories by C.S. Lewis [Add to Longdo] |
脱脱 | [Tuō tuō, ㄊㄨㄛ ㄊㄨㄛ, 脱 脱 / 脫 脫] Toktoghan (1314-1355), Mongol politician during the Yuan dynasty, prime minister until 1345, compiled three dynastic histories of Song 宋史, Liao 遼史|辽史 and Jin 金史; also written Tuoketuo 托克托 [Add to Longdo] |
旧五代史 | [Jiù Wǔ dài shǐ, ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄨˇ ㄉㄞˋ ㄕˇ, 旧 五 代 史 / 舊 五 代 史] History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正 in 974 during Northern Song 北宋, 150 scrolls [Add to Longdo] |
訹 | [xù, ㄒㄩˋ, 訹] to beguile with false stories [Add to Longdo] |
醒世恒言 | [xǐng shì héng yán, ㄒㄧㄥˇ ㄕˋ ㄏㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ, 醒 世 恒 言 / 醒 世 恆 言] Stories to caution the world, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙 published in 1627 [Add to Longdo] |
重屋 | [chóng wū, ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄨ, 重 屋] lit. multiple roof; building of several stories [Add to Longdo] |
話 | [わ, wa] (ctr) counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc. #143 [Add to Longdo] |
上層 | [じょうそう, jousou] (n) upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); (P) #12,668 [Add to Longdo] |
読み切り;読切り | [よみきり, yomikiri] (n, adj-no) (1) finishing reading; (2) non-serialised stories (e.g. in magazines); complete novel; (3) (See 句読) punctuation #15,281 [Add to Longdo] |
階数 | [かいすう, kaisuu] (n) number of stairs or stories (storeys) #16,832 [Add to Longdo] |
浪曲 | [ろうきょく, roukyoku] (n) recitation of stories accompanied by samisen (called naniwabushi) #19,928 [Add to Longdo] |
アラビアンナイト | [arabiannaito] (n) Arabian Nights (stories) [Add to Longdo] |
タラレバ | [tarareba] (n) (See 仮定法) what if (as in What If stories) [Add to Longdo] |
デマメール | [demame-ru] (n) { comp } email spreading rumors and false stories (rumours) [Add to Longdo] |
異聞奇譚 | [いぶんきたん, ibunkitan] (n) strange stories and curious tales [Add to Longdo] |
甘い話;うまい話 | [うまいはなし, umaihanashi] (n) too good to be true stories (offers) (e.g. scams and frauds) [Add to Longdo] |
口裏を合わせる;口うらを合わせる | [くちうらをあわせる, kuchiurawoawaseru] (exp, v1) to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight [Add to Longdo] |
今昔物語 | [こんじゃくものがたり, konjakumonogatari] (n) (abbr) (See 今昔物語集) Konjaku Monogatarishuu (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period) [Add to Longdo] |
今昔物語集 | [こんじゃくものがたりしゅう, konjakumonogatarishuu] (n) Konjaku Monogatarishuu (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period) [Add to Longdo] |
酒虫 | [さかむし;さけむし;しゅちゅう, sakamushi ; sakemushi ; shuchuu] (n) (from 'Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio', 1740) mythical spirit residing in a person's body that generates a desire to drink (also said to turn water into alcohol) [Add to Longdo] |
純愛路線 | [じゅんあいろせん, jun'airosen] (n) (going) the pure love stories route (in movie making) [Add to Longdo] |
上層建築 | [じょうそうけんちく, jousoukenchiku] (n) superstructure; upper stories [Add to Longdo] |
人情本 | [にんじょうぼん, ninjoubon] (n) novel from the late Edo period focused on the love stories of ordinary townsfolk [Add to Longdo] |
説話集 | [せつわしゅう, setsuwashuu] (n) collection of stories (esp. myths, legends, etc.) [Add to Longdo] |
千夜一夜物語 | [せんやいちやものがたり, senyaichiyamonogatari] (n) One Thousand and One Nights (collection of Arabic stories) [Add to Longdo] |
叢談 | [そうだん, soudan] (n) collection of stories [Add to Longdo] |
短編集 | [たんぺんしゅう, tanpenshuu] (n) collection of short stories; collected short stories [Add to Longdo] |
談叢;談藪 | [だんそう, dansou] (n) a number of interesting stories; book containing a number of interesting stories [Add to Longdo] |
朝日る | [あさひる;アサヒる, asahiru ; asahi ru] (v5r) (uk) (sl) to fabricate (stories) (based on alleged behaviour of the Asahi newspaper); to make up [Add to Longdo] |
辻講釈 | [つじごうしゃく, tsujigoushaku] (n) stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money [Add to Longdo] |
辻噺 | [つじばなし, tsujibanashi] (n) (obsc) (See 辻講釈) stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money [Add to Longdo] |
童話作家 | [どうわさっか, douwasakka] (n) writer of stories for children [Add to Longdo] |
二十五史 | [にじゅうごし, nijuugoshi] (n) (See 二十四史) Twenty-Five Histories; authoritative collection of twenty-five Chinese historical books (the Twenty-Four Histories and the New History of Yuan) [Add to Longdo] |
二十四史 | [にじゅうしし, nijuushishi] (n) (See 二十五史) Twenty-Four Histories; authoritative collection of twenty-four Chinese historical books [Add to Longdo] |
日本現報善悪霊異記 | [にほんげんほうぜんあくりょういき, nihongenhouzen'akuryouiki] (n) set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki [Add to Longdo] |
日本国現報善悪霊異記 | [にほんこくげんほうぜんあくりょういき, nihonkokugenhouzen'akuryouiki] (n) set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki [Add to Longdo] |
日本霊異記 | [にほんりょういき, nihonryouiki] (n) set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki [Add to Longdo] |
百物語 | [ひゃくものがたり, hyakumonogatari] (n) round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story) [Add to Longdo] |
浮世草子;浮世草紙 | [うきよぞうし, ukiyozoushi] (n) (Edo-period variety of) realistic literature; popular stories of everyday life in the Edo period [Add to Longdo] |
武侠小説 | [ぶきょうしょうせつ, bukyoushousetsu] (n) swashbuckling stories; martial arts fiction; chivalric knight novels; wuxia xiaoshuo [Add to Longdo] |
民譚集 | [みんだんしゅう, mindanshuu] (n) collection of folk stories [Add to Longdo] |
目出度し目出度し;愛でたし愛でたし | [めでたしめでたし, medetashimedetashi] (exp) (uk) (See 愛でたし) and they all lived happily ever after (traditional ending to stories) [Add to Longdo] |