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Talking Chinese English Dictionary

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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典故 典故 diǎn dian3 gu4classical story or quote from the literature; the story behind sth
9故道 故道 dàogu4 dao4old road; old way; old course (of a river)
10故蹈前辙 故蹈前轍 dǎo qián zhégu4 dao3 qian2 zhe2to continue in old ruts (idiom)
11故此 故此 gu4 ci3therefore
12故城 故城 chénggu4 cheng2old city
13故称 故稱 chēnggu4 cheng1... hence the name (used at the end of a sentence)
14故步自封 故步自封 fēnggu4 bu4 zi4 feng1stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas; stagnating and conservative
15公伤事故 公傷事故 gōng shāng shì gong1 shang1 shi4 gu4industrial accident; work-related injury
16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
17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
18传奇故事 傳奇故事 chuán shìchuan2 qi2 gu4 shi4A legendary story
19沉船事故 沉船事故 chén chuán shì chen2 chuan2 shi4 gu4a shipwreck; a sinking
20不主故常 不主故常 zhǔ chángbu4 zhu3 gu4 chang2not to stick to the old conventions
21钻故纸堆 鑽故紙堆 zuān zhǐ duīzuan1 gu4 zhi3 dui1to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom); to study old books and papers
22不谙世故 不諳世故 ān shì bu4 an1 shi4 gu4unworldly; unsophisticated
23薄物细故 薄物細故 bo2 wu4 xi4 gu4trifles; trivialities; trivia (idiom)
24病故 病故 bìng bing4 gu4to die of an illness
25变故 變故 biàn bian4 gu4an unforeseen event; accident; misfortune