叙述 xùshù to relate (a story or information)
to relate (a story or information); to tell or talk about; to recount; narration; telling; narrative; account
怎么记住“叙述”: 叙 to express + 述 to express = to relate (a story or information).
汉字
用法
- To recount events in order - 他叙述了事情的经过 (tā xùshùle shìqing de jīngguò) he recounted how it happened.
- Contrast 描述 (miáoshù, describe what something looks like) - 叙述 is about telling a sequence of what happened.
- Written/formal; 第一人称叙述 (first-person narration) is a standard literary term.
例句
- 详细叙述一下这起事故吧。 Xiángxì xùshù yīxià zhèqǐ shìgù ba.Describe that accident in detail.