志怪小说
zhì​guài​xiǎo​shuō

zhiguai fiction

  • created sense approved 志怪小说/誌怪小說 · zhì​guài​xiǎo​shuō · zhiguai fiction — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    志怪小说 / 誌怪小說

    zhì​guài​xiǎo​shuō

    zhiguai fiction

    A genre of classical Chinese fiction focused on stories of the supernatural, spirits, and strange occurrences, which flourished during the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties periods.

    志怪小說

    志 (literal) → 志/誌 · zhì · to record 怪 (literal) → 怪 · guài · strange 小说 (literal) → 小说/小說 · xiǎo​shuō · fiction

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense