zhuī​xù

to recount the past

  • created sense approved 追叙/追敘 · zhuī​xù · to recount the past — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    追叙 / 追敘

    zhuī​xù

    to recount the past

    To recall and narrate events that happened in the past

    追 (literal) → 追 · zhuī · to reminisce 叙 (literal) → 叙/敘 · xù · to narrate

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 追叙/追敘 · zhuī​xù · flashback — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    追叙 / 追敘

    zhuī​xù

    flashback

    A writing technique that presents the end or a climax of a story before returning to recount the earlier events leading up to it

    追 (literal) → 追 · zhuī · to reminisce 叙 (literal) → 叙/敘 · xù · to narrate

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

    created sense