nì​xù

flashback

  • created sense approved 逆叙/逆敘 · nì​xù · flashback — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    逆叙 / 逆敘

    nì​xù

    flashback

    literary technique of narrating events out of chronological order by starting with the end or a later point in the story

    逆 (literal) → 逆 · nì · contrary 叙 (literal) → 叙/敘 · xù · to narrate

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

    created sense