How to write 故

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Printable Handwriting Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 故

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Meaning of 故

Pinyin gù

Radical

Strokes

Definition

happening / instance / reason / cause / deceased / old

Usage

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门生故吏 mén shēng gù lì

disciples and old followers or minor officials / one's intimate party-followers and students

吐故纳新 tǔ gù nà xīn

lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new

因故 yīn gù

for some reason

故址 gù zhǐ

old site / site of sth (palace, ancient state etc) that no longer exists

故宫博物院 Gù gōng Bó wù yuàn

Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing / National Palace Museum, Taipei

故宫 gù gōng

former imperial palace

故居 gù jū

former residence

已故 yǐ gù

the late / deceased

故弄玄虚 gù nòng xuán xū

deliberately mystifying / to make sth unnecessarily complicated

故意 gù yì

deliberately / on purpose

典故 diǎn gù

classical story or quote from the literature

欲擒故纵 yù qín gù zòng

In order to capture, one must let loose. / to loosen the reins only to grasp them better

故道 gù dào

old road / old way / old course (of a river)

故里 gù lǐ

hometown / native place

故城 gù chéng

old city

缘故 yuán gù

reason / cause

故人 gù rén

old friend / the deceased

变故 biàn gù

an unforeseen event / accident / misfortune

故障 gù zhàng

malfunction / breakdown / defect / shortcoming / fault / failure / impediment / error / bug (in software)

故而 gù ér

therefore

故作 gù zuò

to pretend / to feign

故事片 gù shi piàn

fictional film / feature film

沾亲带故 zhān qīn dài gù

share (benefits) with relatives and friends / be related somehow or other / have ties of kinship or friendship / with blood or marital relationship

何故 hé gù

what for? / what's the reason?

故伎重演 gù jì chóng yǎn

to repeat an old stratagem / up to one's old tricks

故伎 gù jì

usual trick / old tactics

他乡遇故知 tā xiāng yù gù zhī

meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)

故乡 gù xiāng

home / homeland / native place / CL:個|个[ge4]

故事 gù shì

old practice / CL:個|个[ge4]

事故 shì gù

accident / CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],起[qi3],次[ci4]

无缘无故 wú yuán wú gù

no cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled for

故态复萌 gù tài fù méng

to revert to old ways

故障率 gù zhàng lǜ

fault rate / failure rate

革故鼎新 gé gù dǐng xīn

to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate