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故宅
gù zhái
Pinyin
Definition
故宅
-
gù zhái
former home
Character Decomposition
故
十
口
⺙
宅
宀
㇒
乚
一
Related Words
(20)
故事
gù shì
1
old practice
2
CL:個|个[gè]
一见如故
yī jiàn rú gù
1
familiarity at first sight
世故
shì gù
1
the ways of the world
事故
shì gù
1
accident
2
CL:樁|桩[zhuāng],起[qǐ],次[cì]
住宅
zhù zhái
1
residence
2
tenement
宅
zhái
1
residence
2
(coll.) to stay in at home
3
to hang around at home
宅女
zhái nu:3
1
female geek
2
female nerd
3
otaku girl
宅男
zhái nán
1
a guy who stays at home all the time, typically spending a lot of time playing online games (derived from Japanese "otaku")
家宅
jiā zhái
1
home
2
residence
3
house
故
gù
1
happening
2
instance
3
reason
4
cause
5
intentional
6
former
7
old
8
friend
9
therefore
10
hence
11
(of people) to die, dead
故人
gù rén
1
old friend
2
the deceased
故作
gù zuò
1
to pretend
2
to feign
故宫
Gù gōng
1
the Forbidden City
2
abbr. for 故宮博物院|故宫博物院[Gù gōng Bó wù yuàn]
故居
gù jū
1
former residence
故意
gù yì
1
deliberately
2
on purpose
故乡
gù xiāng
1
home
2
homeland
3
native place
4
CL:個|个[gè]
故障
gù zhàng
1
malfunction
2
breakdown
3
defect
4
shortcoming
5
fault
6
failure
7
impediment
8
error
9
bug (in software)
无缘无故
wú yuán wú gù
1
no cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled for
缘故
yuán gù
1
reason
2
cause
豪宅
háo zhái
1
grand residence
2
mansion
Idioms
(20)
一改故辙
yī gǎi gù zhé
1
complete change from the old rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction
2
a volte-face
3
to change old practices
他乡遇故知
tā xiāng yù gù zhī
1
meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
依然如故
yī rán rú gù
1
back to where we were (idiom); absolutely no improvement
2
Things haven't changed at all.
依然故我
yī rán gù wǒ
1
to be one's old self (idiom)
2
to be unchanged
3
(derog.) to be stuck in one's ways
吐故纳新
tǔ gù nà xīn
1
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
攀亲道故
pān qīn dào gù
1
to use claims to kinship or friendship to climb socially (idiom)
故地重游
gù dì chóng yóu
1
to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane
故步自封
gù bù zì fēng
1
stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas
2
stagnating and conservative
明知故犯
míng zhī gù fàn
1
deliberate violation (idiom); intentional crime
浮家泛宅
fú jiā fàn zhái
1
lit. to live on a boat
2
to drift from place to place (idiom)
温故知新
wēn gù zhī xīn
1
to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)
2
to recall the past to understand the future
温故而知新
wēn gù ér zhī xīn
1
to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)
2
to recall the past to understand the future
无缘无故
wú yuán wú gù
1
no cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled for
狂奴故态
kuáng nú gù tài
1
to be set in one's ways (idiom)
羌无故实
qiāng wú gù shí
1
to have no basis in fact (idiom)
老于世故
lǎo yú shì gù
1
experienced in the ways of the world (idiom); worldly-wise
2
sophisticated
蹈常袭故
dǎo cháng xí gù
1
follow the same old path (idiom); stuck in a rut
2
always the same routine
钻故纸堆
zuān gù zhǐ duī
1
to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom); to study old books and papers
非亲非故
fēi qīn fēi gù
1
lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom)
2
fig. unrelated to one another in any way
革故鼎新
gé gù dǐng xīn
1
to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate
Sample Sentences