Chinese Notes

故 gù

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)

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故步自封 stuck in the old ways; refusing to acknowledge new ideas; stagnating and conservative
故此 therefore
人身事故 accident causing injury or death
不知何故 somehow
故典 old classics; old customs; cause
是故 therefore; so; consequently
故我 one's old self; one's original self; what one has always been
故第 former residence
攀亲道故(攀親道故) to use claims to kinship or friendship to climb socially
变故(變故) an accident
意外事故 accident
枕边故事(枕邊故事) bedtime story
故纸堆(故紙堆) a pile of old books
人情世故 conduct in accordance with the world
颇回故人车(頗回故人車) often my friends' carriages turn back
一见如故(一見如故) familiarity at first sight
故地重游(故地重遊) to revisit old haunts; down memory lane
何故 what reason
无缘无故(無緣無故) no cause, no reason; completely uncalled for
故去 to die
故园(故園) one's hometown
故址 former location
故家子弟 descended from an old family
亡故 to die
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
老于世故(老於世故) experienced in the ways of the world; worldly-wise; sophisticated
私怪其故 privately pondered the reason
故而 therefore
故友 old friend; deceased friend
故作端庄(故作端莊) artificial show of seriousness; to pretend to be solemn
故墓 old tomb
排查故障 to troubleshoot; to check components individually for problems; troubleshooting
缘故(緣故) reason; cause
故世 to die; to pass away
故土 native country; one's homeland
离开故乡(離開故鄉) to leave one's homeland
故宅 former home
故称(故稱) an old term; an obsolete word
故意 deliberately; on purpose ; the affection of an old friend ; premeditated
故辙(故轍) rut (made by vehicles); (fig.) conventional ways
故障 malfunction; breakdown; defect; fault; failure; impediment; error; bug
不谙世故(不諳世故) unworldly; unsophisticated

Also contained in

无故、故事片、故宫、沈阳故宫、童话故事、楼兰故城、故国壤王、故城县、民间故事

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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