ancient, old; reason, because

HSK 3 #572

DEFINITIONS

故 gù
  • happening
  • instance
  • reason
  • cause
  • intentional
  • former
  • old
  • friend
  • therefore
  • hence
  • (of people) to die, dead

STROKES

WORDS

伎重演 gù jì chóng yǎn to repeat an old stratagem; up to one's old tricks
明知犯 míng zhī gù fàn deliberate violation (idiom); intentional crime
yīn gù for some reason
rú gù as before; as usual; (to be) like old friends
事片 gù shi piàn fictional film; feature film
国 gù guó country with an ancient history
态复萌 gù tài fù méng to revert to old ways
非亲非 fēi qīn fēi gù lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom); fig. unrelated to one another in any way
依然如 yī rán rú gù back to where we were (idiom); absolutely no improvement; Things haven't changed at all.
jiè gù to find an excuse
伎 gù jì usual trick; old tactics
wáng gù to die; to pass away
园 gù yuán one's hometown
而 gù ér therefore
知新 wēn gù zhī xīn to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects); to recall the past to understand the future
他乡遇知 tā xiāng yù gù zhī meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
yuán gù variant of 緣故|缘故[yuan2 gu4]
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
交 gù jiāo former acquaintance; old friend
地 gù dì once familiar places; former haunts
址 gù zhǐ old site; site of sth (palace, ancient state etc) that no longer exists
宅 gù zhái former home
此 gù cǐ therefore
bìng gù to die of an illness
责任事 zé rèn shì gù accident occurring due to negligence