野史

yěshǐ
noun #73,921

Meanings

  1. 1 unofficial history
  2. 2 popular historical anecdotes

Examples

HSK 5
Zhèxiē gùshi dàduō láizì yěshǐ, bù yídìng kěxìn.
Most of these stories come from unofficial histories and are not necessarily reliable.
HSK 7-9
Tā xǐhuan dú yěshǐ, chángcháng gěi wǒmen jiǎng gǔdài huángdì de qùshì.
He loves reading unofficial histories and often tells us amusing stories about ancient emperors.

Tips

usage
野 here means 'outside the court, among the people', as in 朝野 'the court and the people', not 'wild'. 野史 is the opposite of 正史, the histories the court wrote and approved.

Stroke Order

野 yě
史 shǐ