明史 míng shǐ

DEFINITIONS

  1. History of the Ming Dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Zhang Tingyu 張廷玉|张廷玉[Zhang1 Ting2 yu4] in 1739 during the Qing Dynasty, 332 scrolls

CHARACTERS

明 míng
HSK 1
bright, light, brilliant; clear
史 shǐ
HSK 3
history, chronicle, annals