Chinese word

回忆录

Pronunciation

Pinyinhuí yì lù

Meaning

  • nounmemoir

Example

她打算把童年的事写成回忆录。tā dǎ suàn bǎ tóng nián de shì xiě chéng huí yì lù

She plans to turn her childhood experiences into a memoir.

Illustration for 回忆录 (memoir)

More examples

导演以回忆录为蓝本拍摄了这部影片。dáo yǎn yǐ huí yì lù wèi lán běn pāi shè le zhè bù yǐng piàn

The director made this film based on a memoir.

Core concept

A first-person window onto a life, built by selecting past events and reflecting on what they meant.

Common phrases

  • 以回忆录为蓝本yǐ huí yì lù wèi lán běn

    based on a memoir

  • 公开回忆录gōng kāi huí yì lù

    publish a memoir

Similar words

自传zì zhuàn: A person's own written account of their life and experiences, arranged by time or theme.
传记zhuàn jì: A researched life story that presents a person's achievements from an outside view.
回忆huí yì: The memory of past events or feelings that stays with a person.
日记rì jì: A private record that keeps brief notes on daily events and personal thoughts.

Definition in Chinese

以第一人称为主，回顾并整理个人经历与感受后形成的书面作品，侧重记述与反思。yǐ dì yì rén chēng wéi zhǔ huí gù bìng zhéng lǐ gè rén jīng lì yǔ gǎn shòu hòu xíng chéng de shū miàn zuò pǐn cè zhòng jì shù yǔ fǎn sī

Word origin

回 (huí, "return") + 忆 (yì, "remember") names a return to the past, while 录 (lù, "record") turns that return into a written work.

Usage tips

  • The work can focus on selected years or themes, so it does not need to tell a person's entire life from childhood to old age.

Other meanings

  • personal accountnoun

Opposites

  • 虚构作品xū gòu zuò pǐnfictional worknoun

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