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)

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• 平白无故(平白無故) without good cause
• 荣归故里(榮歸故里) to return home with honor
• 故家 old and respected family; family whose members have been officials from generation to generation
• 无故(無故) without reason; without cause ; merely
• 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
• 钻故纸堆(鑽故紙堆) to dig into piles of outdated writings; to study old books and papers
• 故障 malfunction; breakdown; defect; fault; failure; impediment; error; bug
• 如故 like an old friend ; as before
• 依然如故 back to where we were; absolutely no improvement; Things haven't changed at all.
• 故训(故訓) old teaching (e.g. religious instruction)
• 故步自封 stuck in the old ways; refusing to acknowledge new ideas; stagnating and conservative
• 故称(故稱) hense the name
• 成语典故(成語典故) historical or literary anecdote that gives rise to a saying
• 诈故(詐故) to use a deceitful plot
• 离开故乡(離開故鄉) to leave one's homeland
• 故云 that's why it is called...
• 因故 for some reason
• 故我 one's old self; one's original self; what one has always been
• 故土 native country; one's homeland
• 故迹(故跡) historical ruins
• 变故(變故) an accident
• 钱债细故(錢債細故) cash debt is a trivial issue
• 故去 to die
• 颇回故人车(頗回故人車) often my friends' carriages turn back
• 亡故 to die
• 原故 cause ; accident
• 故居 former residence
• 故杀(故殺) premeditated murder
• 事故 accident
• 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
• 温故知新(溫故知新) to cherish the old and know the new
• 非亲非故(非親非故) neither a relative nor a friend; unrelated to one another in any way
• 懒惰故无匹(懶惰故無匹) for laziness there is none like him
• 典故 classical story; quote from the literature
• 老于世故(老於世故) experienced in the ways of the world; worldly-wise; sophisticated
• 掌故 historic records; historic stories ; Zhanggu ; national archives
• 无缘无故(無緣無故) no cause, no reason; completely uncalled for
• 病故 to die of an illness
• 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.
• 羌无故实(羌無故實) to have no basis in fact
• 私怪其故 privately pondered the reason
• 狂奴故态(狂奴故態) to be set in one's ways
• 排查故障 to troubleshoot; to check components individually for problems; troubleshooting
• 故墓 old tomb

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楼兰故城 、 故宮博物院 、 民间故事 、 童话故事 、 故宫 、 故国壤王

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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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