"entertaining anecdote" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
趣事	qù shì	entertaining anecdote / interesting story or incident	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
可乐可樂	kě lè	amusing / entertaining / (loanword) cola
健谈健談	jiàn tán	entertaining in conversation	syn
奇闻奇聞	qí wén	anecdote / fantastic story
趣闻趣聞	qù wén	funny news item / interesting anecdote
逗人	dòu rén	amusing / funny / entertaining
逸事	yì shì	anecdote / lost or apocryphal story about famous person	syn
旧闻舊聞	jiù wén	outdated news / old anecdote / stories passed on from former times	syn
轶闻軼聞	yì wén	anecdote / apocryphal story
美谈美談	měi tán	anecdote passed on with approbation	syn
掌故	zhǎng gù	anecdote / tales (esp. about a historical figure)	syn
迎来送往迎來送往	yíng lái sòng wǎng	lit. to meet those arriving, to send of those departing (idiom) / busy entertaining guests / all time taken over with social niceties
轶事遗闻軼事遺聞	yì shì yí wén	anecdote (about historical person) / lost or apocryphal story
笑料百出	xiào liào bǎi chū	entertaining / hilarious
舌灿莲花舌燦蓮花	shé càn lián huā	(idiom) eloquent / entertaining in one's speech
吃瓜	chī guā	(neologism c. 2016) (slang) to watch an entertaining spectacle from the sidelines and-or engage in gossip about it
电子榨菜電子榨菜	diàn zǐ zhà cài	(slang) entertaining content such as Internet videos and TV shows that people watch while eating
成语典故成語典故	chéng yǔ diǎn gù	historical or literary anecdote that gives rise to a saying
逸话逸話	yì huà	rumor / anecdote (not in the official record) / apocryphal story

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