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叙事 — meaning in English

xù shì

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English meaning

  • narration noun The act of telling or recounting a story or sequence of events.
  • narrative noun A spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
  • storytelling noun The craft of telling stories.

Senses

叙事 is used for these senses in English:

  • narration The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.
  • narrative The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.
  • storytelling The act and skills of presenting stories and tales. [1709]

narration — full definition

  1. noun The act of telling or recounting a story or sequence of events.
  2. noun A spoken or written account of events; a story.

narrative — full definition

  1. noun A spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
  2. adj Relating to storytelling, or having the form of a story.

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