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

• 虚应故事(虛應故事) to go through the motions
• 故业(故業) old estate; former empire; former occupation
• 不谙世故(不諳世故) unworldly; unsophisticated
• 枕边故事(枕邊故事) bedtime story
• 颇回故人车(頗回故人車) often my friends' carriages turn back
• 排查故障 to troubleshoot; to check components individually for problems; troubleshooting
• 依然如故 back to where we were; absolutely no improvement; Things haven't changed at all.
• 故态复萌(故態復萌) to revert to old ways
• 故事 narrative; story; tale ; an old practice ; a plot
• 故典 old classics; old customs; cause
• 人情世故 conduct in accordance with the world
• 无故(無故) without reason; without cause ; merely
• 同乡亲故(同鄉親故) fellow countryman (from the same village); the folks back home
• 推故 to find a pretext for refusing
• 故家子弟 descended from an old family
• 故吏 former subordinate
• 故城 a historic city
• 故地 former territory; once familiar places
• 明知故犯 deliberate violation; intentional crime
• 故交 former acquaintance; old friend
• 故址 former location
• 故园(故園) one's hometown
• 坎特伯雷故事集 The Canterbury Tales, collection of stories by Geoffrey Chaucer 喬叟|乔叟
• 鬼故事 ghost story
• 不主故常 not to stick to the old conventions
• 交通事故 traffic accident
• 平白无故(平白無故) without good cause
• 故友 old friend; deceased friend
• 掌故 historic records; historic stories ; Zhanggu ; national archives
• 故人 an old friend ; a former wife ; somebody who has passed away
• 雅故 old friend; correct interpretation
• 故都 former capital; ancient capital
• 故伎重演 to repeat an old stratagem; up to one's old tricks
• 故墓 old tomb
• 故里 hometown; native place
• 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
• 革故鼎新 to discard the old and introduce the new; to innovate
• 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.
• 世故 1. the ways of the world; 2. sophisticated; worldly-wise
• 成语典故(成語典故) historical or literary anecdote that gives rise to a saying
• 故作端庄(故作端莊) artificial show of seriousness; to pretend to be solemn
• 已作故人 to have passed away
• 解故 to explain ancient writings ; to explain the orgin of a story
• 蹈常袭故(蹈常襲故) follow the same old path; stuck in a rut; always the same routine
• 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
• 典故 classical story; quote from the literature

Also contained in

楼兰故城 、 故国壤王 、 故事诗 、 故城县 、 故瞋戒

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• 周語下 Discourses of Zhou III Guoyu 國語 — count: 120
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• 卷二十　泰族訓 Chapter 20: superior Lineage Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 108
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