故 gù
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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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
gù
noun
something in the past
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '故' n 4) -
gù
adjective
deceased / dead
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 死去的 (Guoyu '故' adj 2) -
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
- 故作深沉 to play the profound thinker
- 故伎重演 to repeat an old stratagem / up to one's old tricks
- 成语典故(成語典故) historical or literary anecdote that gives rise to a saying
- 平白无故(平白無故) without good cause
- 故去 to die
- 何故 what reason
- 故地 former territory / once familiar places
- 故世 to die / to pass away
- 故知 a close friend over many years
- 身故 to die
- 故居 former residence
- 故态复萌(故態復萌) to revert to old ways
- 故道 an old road / old way / the old course of a river
- 故址 former location
- 他乡遇故知(他鄉遇故知) meeting an old friend in a foreign place
- 攀亲道故(攀親道故) to use claims to kinship or friendship to climb socially
- 故我 one's old self / one's original self / what one has always been
- 狂奴故态(狂奴故態) to be set in one's ways
- 亡故 to die
- 温故而知新(溫故而知新) to cherish the old and know the new
- 故障排除 fault resolution / trouble clearing
- 因故 for some reason
- 责任事故(責任事故) accident occurring due to negligence
- 革故鼎新 to discard the old and introduce the new / to innovate
- 一见如故(一見如故) familiarity at first sight
- 荣归故里(榮歸故里) to return home with honor
- 没亲没故(沒親沒故) without relatives or friends
- 已作故人 to have passed away
- 事故照射 accidental exposure
- 私怪其故 privately pondered the reason
- 是故 therefore / so / consequently
- 故交 former acquaintance / old friend
- 典故 classical story / quote from the literature
- 人身事故 accident causing injury or death
- 故宅 former home
- 故典 old classics / old customs / cause
- 故事 narrative / story / tale ; an old practice ; a plot
- 故步自封 stuck in the old ways / refusing to acknowledge new ideas / stagnating and conservative
- 旧故(舊故) old friend / former acquaintance
- 池鱼思故渊(池魚思故淵) fish in a pond think of the deep
- 故墓 old tomb
- 老于世故(老於世故) experienced in the ways of the world / worldly-wise / sophisticated
- 依然如故 back to where we were / absolutely no improvement / Things haven't changed at all.
- 技术故障(技術故障) technical breakdown / malfunction
Also contained in
楼兰故城 、 故国壤王 、 故事片 、 无故 、 故宮博物院 、 故城县 、 故瞋戒
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 314
- 形勢解第六十四 Chapter 64: Resolving a Situation Guanzi 管子 — count: 194
- Scroll 9 Xin Shu 新書 — count: 166
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 140
- 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