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歷史

lik6 si2

li4 shi3

history

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 14,200,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

歷史 / 历史

This word has been viewed 4275 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 22nd Jul 2004 12:49 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

歷 lik6 - undergo; successive
史 si2 - history; chronicle; annals

19 compounds containing this word:

歷史久遠 - ancient history
歷史學家 - historian
歷史性 - historic
回顧歷史 - to look back at history
人類歷史 - human history
歷史敏感的日子 - historically sensitive dates
扭曲歷史 - distort history
歷史照片 - historic photos
歷史圖片 - historic photos
中國歷史 - [n] Chinese history
歷史上 - historically
歷史博物館 - History Museum
中國歷史博物館 - Museum of Chinese History
國立歷史博物館 - National Museum of History
香港歷史博物館 - Hong Kong Museum of History
美國自然歷史博物館 - American Museum of Natural History
Common Formations:
歷史故事 - historical tale
歷史唯物主義 - historical materialism
歷史唯心主義 - historical idealism

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漢字是歷史上最古老的文字之一，大概四千歲了。國
Chinese characters are one of history's most ancient writing scripts, approximately four thousand years old.

國立歷史博物館
National Museum of History
[(Name used by Taiwan)]

考古學係一門研究人類文化同歷史嘅學科粵
Archeology is a science that studies human cultures and history

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