"Story" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 gù shi narrative / story / tale
 céng to pile on top of one another / layer / stratum / floor (of a building) / story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers
 lóu céng story / floor
 tōng xùn communications / news story / dispatch / CL:個|个[ge4]
 jù qíng story line / plot / drama (genre)
 yǎn yì (of a story etc) to unfold / to play out / to develop (a technique etc) / to enact / (logic) to deduce / to infer
 kān dēng to carry a story / to publish (in a newspaper or magazine)
 běn shì source material / original story
 nèi mù inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal
 xù shù to relate (a story or information) / to tell or talk about / to recount / narration / telling / narrative / account
 gǎi chéng to convert / to turn into (sth else) / to adapt (a story to another medium)
 chéng yǔ Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation / idiom / proverb / saying / adage / CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]
 qǐ shì to reveal / to enlighten / enlightenment / revelation / illumination / moral (of a story etc) / lesson
 piàn duàn fragment (of speech etc) / extract (from book etc) / episode (of story etc)
 yào wén important news story / headline
 què shuō and the story continues thus: (literary auxiliary particle 發語辭|发语辞)
 bō lán billows / great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum)
 jiā gài to seal (with an official stamp) / to stamp / (fig.) to ratify / to put a lid on (a cooking pot) / to cap / to build an extension or additional story
 tóu tiáo lead story (on the news)
 qí wén anecdote / fantastic story
 qù shì entertaining anecdote / interesting story or incident
 yáng yán to put about (a story, plan, threat etc) / to let it be known (esp. of threat or malicious story) / to threaten
 diǎn gù classical story or quote from the literature / the story behind sth
 nèi qíng inside story / inside information
 duǎn piān xiǎo shuō short story
 shǐ mò whole story / the ins and outs
 guǐ gù shi ghost story
  feature story
 lǎo tào hackneyed / well-worn (phrase etc) / same old story / stereotypical fashion
 xì shuō dramatic form consisting of historical narration / history as jocular narrative / to stretch history for a joking story / amusing story with strained interpretations of history / to make an unreasonable comparison in jest
 jiā huà story or deed that captures the imagination and is spread far and wide
 yuán wěi the whole story
 dān céng single layer / single story / single deck / single level
 guī jié to sum up / to conclude / to put in a nutshell / conclusion / end (of a story etc)
 tiān fāng yè tán fantasy story
 jiǎo biàn to deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story / to make excuses
 bié lùn a different matter / another story / (old) objection
 kāi jiǎng to begin a lecture / to start on a story
 chuán huà to pass on a story / to communicate a message
 shū guǎn teashop with performance by 評書|评书 / story tellers / (attached to name of publishing houses) / (in former times) private school / library (of classic texts)
 shén huà gù shi mythological story / myth
 lù shù stratagem / method / approach / movement (martial arts) / social connections / (sb's) background story
 Shí tou Jì The Story of the Stone, another name for A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4]
 jiù lǐ inside story
 shuō lái huà cháng start explaining and it's a long story (idiom) / complicated and not easy to express succinctly
 wěi qū sinuous / devious / full details of a story / to stoop
 jiē dǐ to reveal the inside story / to expose sb's secrets
 Dà nào Tiān gōng Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
 yì shì anecdote / lost or apocryphal story about famous person
 mín jiān gù shi folk story / folktale
 Sān chà kǒu At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4]
 xiǎo rén shū children's picture story book / CL:本[ben3]
 qí tán odd story / exotic tale / fig. ridiculous argument
 yī yán yǐ bì zhī one word says it all (idiom, from Analects) / to cut a long story short / in a nutshell
 Er4 shí sì Shǐ the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century / fig. a long and complicated story
 cháng huà duǎn shuō to make a long story short (idiom)
 hú biān luàn zào to concoct a cock-and-bull story (idiom) / to make things up
 fù huì to add parallels and interpretations (to a story etc) / to develop and embellish / to interpret (often in a strained manner)
 Mò bó sāng Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), French novelist and short story writer
 gēn yóu the whys and the wherefores / the detailed story / root cause
 yì wén anecdote / apocryphal story
 chuàn gòng to collude to fabricate a story
 lóu house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]
 xiè dǐ to divulge the inside story
 tà door or window in an upper story
 tà door or window in an upper story
 tiān yóu jiā cù lit. to add oil and vinegar / fig. adding details while telling a story (to make it more interesting)
 bù jīng zhī tán absurd statement / cock-and-bull story
 dà tí xiǎo zuò to cut a long story short / a brief treatment of a complicated subject / fig. to treat an important question as a minor matter
 yì shì yí wén anecdote (about historical person) / lost or apocryphal story
 yī miàn zhī cí one side of the story / one-sided statement
 zì yuán qí shuō to make a story or theory consistent / to give a plausible explanation / to plug the holes in one's story
 chǎo lěng fàn to stir-fry leftover rice / fig. to rehash the same story / to serve up the same old product
 dū huì chuán qí urban legend (translation of recent Western term) / story or theory circulated as true / same as 都市傳奇|都市传奇
 tóu tiáo xīn wén top news story
 yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom) / a new problem arises before the old is solved / many twists and turns to a story / one thing after another
 yī yán chāo bǎi zǒng to cut a long story short
 sān wèi bó shì the Magi / the Three Wise Kings from the East in the biblical nativity story
 tǎ chà Buddhist ornamentation decorating the upper story of a pagoda
 hǎo gù shi bǎi tīng bù yàn The story is so good it's worth hearing a hundred times. / One never tires of hearing good new.
 Zǎi Yǔ zhòu qǐn Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom) / refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures
 chá wēi zhī zhù to examine tiny clues to know general trends (idiom) / to deduce the whole story from small traces
 duì kǒu jìng to arrange to give the same story
鸿 Zhāng Er4 hóng Jung Chang 張戎|张戎[Zhang1 Rong2] (1952-), British-Chinese writer, author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · / Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5]
 Zhāng Róng Jung Chang (1952-), British-Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 張二鴻|张二鸿[Zhang1 Er4 hong2], author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · / Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5]
 Xú Xīng Xu Xing (1969-), Chinese palaeontologist / Xu Xing (1956-), Chinese short story writer
 Chūn fēng Shēn zuì de Wǎn shang Intoxicating Spring Nights, 1924 short story by Yu Dafu 郁達夫|郁达夫[Yu4 Da2 fu1]
 shū guǎn r teashop with performance by 評書|评书 / story tellers
 Dōng fāng sān Bó shì the Magi / the Three Wise Kings from the East in the biblical nativity story
 Liǔ Yì zhuàn story of Liu Yi, Tang fantasy fiction by Li Chaowei 李朝威, popular with dramatist of subsequent dynasties
 biāo tí xīn wén headline news / title story
·  Mao Zedong, the unknown story by Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 / and Jon Halliday
·  Mao Zedong, the unknown story by Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 / and Jon Halliday
·  Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deaf-blind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle Worker)
 qín shū traditional art form, consisting of sung story telling with musical accompaniment
 Shuō Yuè Quán zhuàn "The Story of Yue Fei", biography of Song dynasty patriot and general Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞[Yue4 Fei1]
 qǐ jiǎng to start a story
 yì huà rumor / anecdote (not in the official record) / apocryphal story
 dū shì chuán qí urban legend (translation of recent Western term) / story or theory circulated as true / same as 都會傳奇|都会传奇
 A1 Q Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella The true story of Ah Q 阿Q正傳|阿Q正传[A1 Q zheng4 chuan2]
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