轶闻

Traditional form:

軼聞

Pinyin (reading):

yìwén

Definitions:

• anecdote
• apocryphal story

Characters:

• 轶 - to surpass, to overtake, to excel
• 闻 - news; to hear, to smell; to make known

Traditional characters:

• 軼 - to surpass, to overtake, to excel
• 聞 - news; to hear, to smell; to make known