故 gù

1. gù adverb purposely; intentionally; deliberately; knowingly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 有意 (CCD 1 '故' 3; FE '故' 2; Guoyu '故' adv 2; XHZD '故' 3)
2. gù adjective old; ancient; former; past
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 旧 (CCD 2 '故' 1; FE '故' 1; Unihan '故'; XHZD '故' 4)
3. gù noun reason; cause; purpose
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 原因 (CCD 1 '故' 2; FE '故' 3; Guoyu '故' n 1; Unihan '故'; XHZD '故' 2)
4. gù verb to die
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 死亡 (CCD 2 '故' 3; FE '故' 4; Guoyu '故' v 1; XHZD '故' 6)
5. gù conjunction so; therefore; hence
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: In the sense of 因此 or 所以 (FE '故' 6; Guoyu '故' conj; XHZD '故' 7)
6. gù adjective original
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 原来的; for example 故乡 'hometown' (CCD 2 '故' 1; Guoyu '故' adj 1; XHZD '故' 5)
7. gù noun accident; happening; instance
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 事故 (CCD 1 '故' 1; FE '故' 5; Guoyu '故' n 2; XHZD '故' 1)
8. gù noun a friend; an acquaintance; friendship
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 朋友 (CCD 2 '故' 2; FE '故' 7; Guoyu '故' n 3)
9. gù noun something in the past
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '故' n 4)
10. gù adjective deceased; dead
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 死去的 (Guoyu '故' adj 2)
11. gù adverb still; yet
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 仍旧 or 依然 (Guoyu '故' adv 3)

Contained in

• 羌无故实(羌無故實) to have no basis in fact
• 原故 cause ; accident
• 不主故常 not to stick to the old conventions
• 故道 an old road; old way; the old course of a river
• 故杀(故殺) premeditated murder
• 交通事故 traffic accident
• 离开故乡(離開故鄉) to leave one's homeland
• 温故而知新(溫故而知新) to cherish the old and know the new
• 威加海内兮归故乡(威加海內兮歸故鄉) With might that extends to the land within the seas, I return to my hometown
• 没亲没故(沒親沒故) without relatives or friends
• 故家 old and respected family; family whose members have been officials from generation to generation
• 蹈常袭故(蹈常襲故) follow the same old path; stuck in a rut; always the same routine
• 解故 to explain ancient writings ; to explain the orgin of a story
• 温故知新(溫故知新) to cherish the old and know the new
• 故意 deliberately; on purpose ; the affection of an old friend ; premeditated
• 已故 the deceased
• 故里 hometown; native place
• 雅故 old friend; correct interpretation
• 排查故障 to troubleshoot; to check components individually for problems; troubleshooting
• 故第 former residence
• 故作端庄(故作端莊) artificial show of seriousness; to pretend to be solemn
• 故伎 usual trick; old tactics
• 故弄玄虚(故弄玄虛) deliberately mystifying; to make something unnecessarily complicated
• 故宅 former home
• 明知故犯 deliberate violation; intentional crime
• 私怪其故 privately pondered the reason
• 故世 to die; to pass away
• 欲擒故纵(欲擒故縱) In order to capture, one must let loose.; to loosen the reins only to grasp them better
• 技术故障(技術故障) technical breakdown; malfunction
• 故都 former capital; ancient capital
• 不谙世故(不諳世故) unworldly; unsophisticated
• 故乡(故鄉) home; homeland; native place
• 故态复萌(故態復萌) to revert to old ways
• 坎特伯雷故事集 The Canterbury Tales, collection of stories by Geoffrey Chaucer 喬叟|乔叟
• 故障容许度(故障容許度) fault tolerance
• 懒惰故无匹(懶惰故無匹) for laziness there is none like him
• 好故事百听不厌(好故事百聽不厭) The story is so good it's worth hearing a hundred times. / One never tires of hearing good new.
• 故地重游(故地重遊) to revisit old haunts; down memory lane
• 病故 to die of an illness
• 人身事故 accident causing injury or death
• 因故 for some reason
• 故作 to pretend; to feign
• 钻故纸堆(鑽故紙堆) to dig into piles of outdated writings; to study old books and papers
• 故云 that's why it is called...

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• Scroll 9 Xin Shu 新書 — count: 166
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• 卷二十一 律曆志 Volume 21: Treatise on Rhythm and the Calendar Book of Han 漢書 — count: 126
• 周語下 Discourses of Zhou III Guoyu 國語 — count: 120
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 110
• 卷二十　泰族訓 Chapter 20: superior Lineage Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 108
• 解老第二十 Chapter 20: Commentaries on Laozi's Teachings Han Feizi 韓非子 — count: 103
• 明法解第六十七 Chapter 67: Explanation of Wise Edicts Guanzi 管子 — count: 100