Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
历史
lìshǐ
Description
历史是过去发生的事情，也是学习这些事情的学科。
历史 is the things that happened in the past, and also the subject that studies these things.
我们在学校里学习中国的历史。
We study China's 历史 at school.
Meanings
历史lìshǐ
history; the past events of people or things
这座城市有很长的历史。
This city has a long history.
历史lìshǐ
history as a school subject
我最喜欢的课是历史。
My favorite class is history.
Related words
Notes
- Etymology
历 (to pass through / experience) + 史 (records / chronicle).
- Nuance
历史 covers both real past events and the academic study of them.
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