回忆录 huíyìlù memoir
How to remember 回忆录: 回 return + 忆 to remember + 录 to record = memoir.
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How it is used
- A memoir - 写回忆录 (xiě huíyìlù) write one's memoirs; 出版回忆录 (chūbǎn huíyìlù) publish a memoir.
- A written account of one's own past; 回忆 (recollection) + 录 (record). Neutral/literary.