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history / CL: 門|门,
HSK 4
Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁, first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史
historical person
long-established / time-honored
Smith (name)
History of the Northern Dynasties, fifteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Li Yanshou 李延壽|李延寿 in 659 during Tang Dynasty, 100 scrolls
historical incident
historical material or data
twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions)
historical period
historical / in history
historic significance
to look back at history
Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908-2009), French social anthropologist
History of Three Kingdoms (Korean: Samguk Sagi), the oldest extant Korean history, compiled under Kim Busik 金富軾|金富轼 in 1145. The three kingdoms are Goguryeo 高句麗|高句丽, Baekje 百濟|百济, Silla 新羅|新罗.
Steve Jobs (1955-2011), US co-founder and CEO of Apple, Inc.
history of the Party
in history
history of philosophy
"A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking
history of literature
historical drama
History of the Ming Dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Zhang Tingyu 張廷玉|张廷玉 in 1739 during the Qing Dynasty, 332 scrolls
(idiom) unprecedented in history
HSK 7-9
historic
ancient history
an epic / poetic saga
History of the Liao Dynasty, twenty first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱 in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty , 116 scrolls
to learn from history (idiom)
all-time high
historical fact
historic site
historiography
historian
historical background
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
An-Shi Rebellion (755-763) of 安祿山|安禄山 and 史思明, a catastrophic setback for Tang dynasty
political history
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surname Shi
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history / annals / title of an official historian in ancient China
provincial governor (old)
historical museum
prehistoric man
Snoopy (comic strip pet dog)
narrative history / comprehensive history / a history covering an extended period
revision history (of a document, web page etc)
historian
scribe / court recorder / historian / historiographer
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), Austrian-born American bodybuilder, actor and politician
imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official)
historical development / background
since the beginning of history
historian
intellectual history
historical point of view / historically speaking
historical version; a previous version (of an app, document etc)
lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory
Straw (name) / Jack Straw (1946-), UK Labour Party politician, foreign secretary 2001-2006
Steve Jobs (1955-2011), US co-founder and CEO of Apple, Inc.
slime (loanword)
epic; impressive
History of the Jurchen Jin Dynasty, twenty second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱 in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty , 135 scrolls
history
Snoopy (comic strip pet dog)
romance (loanword) / love affair
to be known to history as
historical materialism (Marx's theory of history)
Sputnik, Soviet artificial Earth satellite / also written 斯普特尼克
national history / dynastic history
(Tw) Stanford (University)
unofficial history / history as popular legends
cultural history
historical biography
history book
The Scholars, satirical Qing dynasty novel by Wu Jingzi 吳敬梓|吴敬梓
ancient history
historian
Jonathan D Spence (1936-), distinguished British US historian of China, author of The Search for Modern China 追尋現代中國|追寻现代中国
Staten Island, borough of New York City
General History of the Qing dynasty, compiled under Xiao Yishan 蕭一山|萧一山
historic cost (accounting)
History of the Yuan Dynasty, twenty third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Song Lian 宋濂 in 1370 during the Ming Dynasty, 210 scrolls
annals
romantic history; romantic past
Biographic History of Qing Dynasty by a succession of authors, published 1928 and revised 1987, with biographies of 2,900 notable Qing commoner citizens, 80 scrolls
a brief history
Stacy (name)
prehistoric times; (attributive) prehistoric
(Tw) Eswatini
medical history
Stallone (name) / Sylvester Stallone (1946-), American actor
the 24 or 25 official dynastic histories / true history, as opposed to fictional adaptation or popular legends
history of art
to be recorded in history; to go down in history
literature and history
modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century)
modern history and contemporary history
Stanford University
Skopje, capital of North Macedonia (Tw)

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