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
- 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
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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