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Talking Chinese English Dictionary

Talking Chinese<->English dictionary with pinyin, English definition, pronunciation, variants, stroke animation, stroke order image, and sample sentences.
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IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
1 gu4happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead
2故事 故事 shigu4 shi5narrative; story; tale
3故意 故意 gu4 yi4deliberately; on purpose
4故乡 故鄉 xiānggu4 xiang1home; homeland; native place; Classifiers:
5故障 故障 zhànggu4 zhang4malfunction; breakdown; defect; shortcoming; fault; failure; impediment; error; bug (in software)
6原故 原故 yuán yuan2 gu4reason; cause; variant of 缘故
7单点故障 單點故障 dān diǎn zhàngdan1 dian3 gu4 zhang4single point of failure
8革故鼎新 革故鼎新 dǐng xīnge2 gu4 ding3 xin1to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate
9故地重游 故地重遊 chóng yóugu4 di4 chong2 you2to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane
10故地 故地 gu4 di4former residence; once familiar places; former haunts
11故道 故道 dàogu4 dao4old road; old way; old course (of a river)
12故此 故此 gu4 ci3therefore
13故城县 故城縣 chéng xiànGu4 cheng2 xian4Gucheng county in Hengshui 衡水 , Hebei
14故城 故城 chénggu4 cheng2old city
15故称 故稱 chēnggu4 cheng1... hence the name (used at the end of a sentence)
16钻故纸堆 鑽故紙堆 zuān zhǐ duīzuan1 gu4 zhi3 dui1to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom); to study old books and papers
17非亲非故 非親非故 fēi qīn fēi fei1 qin1 fei1 gu4lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom); fig. unrelated to one another in any way
18典故 典故 diǎn dian3 gu4classical story or quote from the literature; the story behind sth
19蹈常袭故 蹈常襲故 dǎo cháng dao3 chang2 xi2 gu4follow the same old path (idiom); stuck in a rut; always the same routine
20成语典故 成語典故 chéng diǎn cheng2 yu3 dian3 gu4historical or literary anecdote that gives rise to a saying
21沉船事故 沉船事故 chén chuán shì chen2 chuan2 shi4 gu4a shipwreck; a sinking
22不知何故 不知何故 zhī bu4 zhi1 he2 gu4somehow
23不谙世故 不諳世故 ān shì bu4 an1 shi4 gu4unworldly; unsophisticated
24薄物细故 薄物細故 bo2 wu4 xi4 gu4trifles; trivialities; trivia (idiom)
25病故 病故 bìng bing4 gu4to die of an illness

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