"Anecdote" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 奇闻 | qí wén | anecdote / fantastic story |  |
| 逸事 | yì shì | anecdote / lost or apocryphal story about famous person |  |
| 掌故 | zhǎng gù | anecdote / tales (esp. about historical figure) | |
| 轶闻 | yì wén | anecdote / apocryphal story | |
| 轶事遗闻 | yì shì yí wén | anecdote (about historical person) / lost or apocryphal story | |
| 逸话 | yì huà | rumor / anecdote (not in the official record) / apocryphal story | |
| 趣事 | qù shì | entertaining anecdote / interesting story or incident | |
| 趣闻 | qù wén | funny news item / interesting anecdote | |
| 美谈 | měi tán | anecdote passed on with approbation | |
| 旧闻 | jiù wén | old anecdote / stories passed on from former times | |
| 成语典故 | chéng yǔ diǎn gù | historical or literary anecdote that gives rise to a saying | |
