variant of 敘|叙[xu4]

abbr. for Syria 敘利亞|叙利亚[Xu4 li4 ya4]; to narrate; to chat

hand (又) + sound xù (余) = to narrate with a guiding hand

又 evokes the hand that gestures, arranges, and recounts — giving 叙 its sense of narrating or setting things in order. 余 contributes the sound xù and carries no semantic weight here.

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他慢慢地述了事情的经过。

tā màn màn de xù shù le shì qing de jīng guò。

he slowly narrated the course of events.

老朋友见面,总要叙旧。

lǎo péng you jiàn miàn, zǒng yào xù xù jiù。

old friends meeting always want to chat about old times.

Words with 叙

铨叙部

quán xù bù

Ministry of Civil Service, Taiwan

铺叙

pū xù

to explain all the details

顺叙

shùn xù

chronological narration

以叙

yǐ xù

Israel-Syria

倒叙

dào xù

to start a narrative at the end (or midway), then proceed chronologically from the beginning

埃叙

āi xù

Egypt-Syria

平铺直叙

píng pū zhí xù

(idiom) (neutral) to narrate in a plain, unaffected manner; (mildly critical) to recount events in a flat, colorless style

引叙

yǐn xù

to introduce a text by citing documents or source material at the beginning

叙事

xù shì

narrative

叙事线

xù shì xiàn

narrative thread; storyline

叙事诗

xù shì shī

narrative poem

叙利亚

xù lì yà

Syria

More characters with 余