历史(lì shǐ): history
history
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Example sentences
How 历史 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
研究历史时去伪存真是很重要的。
yán jiū lì shǐ shí qù wěi cún zhēn shì hěn zhòng yào de
It is important to sift the true from the false in the study of history.
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