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
- 故道 an old road; old way; the old course of a river
- 故人 an old friend ; a former wife ; somebody who has passed away
- 颇回故人车(頗回故人車) often my friends' carriages turn back
- 三亲六故(三親六故) old friends and relatives
- 排查故障 to troubleshoot; to check components individually for problems; troubleshooting
- 故都 former capital; ancient capital
- 没亲没故(沒親沒故) without relatives or friends
- 故作深沉 to play the profound thinker
- 故第 former residence
- 成语典故(成語典故) historical or literary anecdote that gives rise to a saying
- 荣归故里(榮歸故里) to return home with honor
- 他乡遇故知(他鄉遇故知) meeting an old friend in a foreign place
- 沉船事故 a shipwreck; a sinking
- 故作姿态(故作姿態) to put on an act
- 同乡亲故(同鄉親故) fellow countryman (from the same village); the folks back home
- 故以龙致雨(故以龍致雨) because of a dragon, rain will be produced
- 事故照射 accidental exposure
- 因故 for some reason
- 身故 to die
- 无故(無故) without reason; without cause ; merely
- 已作故人 to have passed away
- 已故 the deceased
- 离开故乡(離開故鄉) to leave one's homeland
- 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
- 诈故(詐故) to use a deceitful plot
- 吐故纳新(吐故納新) to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh
- 狂奴故态(狂奴故態) to be set in one's ways
- 故国(故國) country with an ancient history
- 亡故 to die
- 故家子弟 descended from an old family
- 何故 what reason
- 毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事(毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事) Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 and Jon Halliday
- 故训(故訓) old teaching (e.g. religious instruction)
- 变故(變故) an accident
- 故纸堆(故紙堆) a pile of old books
- 故障 malfunction; breakdown; defect; fault; failure; impediment; error; bug
- 缘故(緣故) reason; cause ; accident
- 钻故纸堆(鑽故紙堆) to dig into piles of outdated writings; to study old books and papers
- 依然如故 back to where we were; absolutely no improvement; Things haven't changed at all.
- 故里 hometown; native place
- 旧故(舊故) old friend; former acquaintance
- 羌无故实(羌無故實) to have no basis in fact
Also contained in
故宮博物院 、 童话故事 、 沈阳故宫 、 故国壤王 、 故宫 、 楼兰故城 、 故城县 、 故事诗 、 民间故事
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 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