历史(lì shǐ)

HSK 32 charactersTrad. 歷史

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Character breakdown

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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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