故障
gù zhàng
Pinyin

Definition

故障
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gù zhàng
  1. malfunction
  2. breakdown
  3. defect
  4. shortcoming
  5. fault
  6. failure
  7. impediment
  8. error
  9. bug (in software)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

故事
gù shì
  1. 1 old practice
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
一见如故
yī jiàn rú gù
  1. 1 familiarity at first sight
世故
shì gù
  1. 1 the ways of the world
事故
shì gù
  1. 1 accident
  2. 2 CL:樁|桩[zhuāng],起[qǐ],次[cì]
保障
bǎo zhàng
  1. 1 to ensure
  2. 2 to guarantee
  3. 3 to safeguard
如故
rú gù
  1. 1 as before
  2. 2 as usual
  3. 3 (to be) like old friends
故
gù
  1. 1 happening
  2. 2 instance
  3. 3 reason
  4. 4 cause
  5. 5 intentional
  6. 6 former
  7. 7 old
  8. 8 friend
  9. 9 therefore
  10. 10 hence
  11. 11 (of people) to die, dead
故人
gù rén
  1. 1 old friend
  2. 2 the deceased
故作
gù zuò
  1. 1 to pretend
  2. 2 to feign
故地
gù dì
  1. 1 once familiar places
  2. 2 former haunts
故宫
Gù gōng
  1. 1 the Forbidden City
  2. 2 abbr. for 故宮博物院|故宫博物院[Gù gōng Bó wù yuàn]
故居
gù jū
  1. 1 former residence
故意
gù yì
  1. 1 deliberately
  2. 2 on purpose
故乡
gù xiāng
  1. 1 home
  2. 2 homeland
  3. 3 native place
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
故障
gù zhàng
  1. 1 malfunction
  2. 2 breakdown
  3. 3 defect
  4. 4 shortcoming
  5. 5 fault
  6. 6 failure
  7. 7 impediment
  8. 8 error
  9. 9 bug (in software)
智障
zhì zhàng
  1. 1 learning difficulties (handicap)
  2. 2 retarded
无缘无故
wú yuán wú gù
  1. 1 no cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled for
缘故
yuán gù
  1. 1 reason
  2. 2 cause
障碍
zhàng ài
  1. 1 barrier
  2. 2 obstruction
  3. 3 hindrance
  4. 4 impediment
  5. 5 obstacle
一叶障目
yī yè zhàng mù
  1. 1 lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not seeing the wider picture
  3. 3 can't see the wood for the trees

Idioms (20)

一改故辙
yī gǎi gù zhé
  1. 1 complete change from the old rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction
  2. 2 a volte-face
  3. 3 to change old practices
一叶障目
yī yè zhàng mù
  1. 1 lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not seeing the wider picture
  3. 3 can't see the wood for the trees
他乡遇故知
tā xiāng yù gù zhī
  1. 1 meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
依然如故
yī rán rú gù
  1. 1 back to where we were (idiom); absolutely no improvement
  2. 2 Things haven't changed at all.
依然故我
yī rán gù wǒ
  1. 1 to be one's old self (idiom)
  2. 2 to be unchanged
  3. 3 (derog.) to be stuck in one's ways
吐故纳新
tǔ gù nà xīn
  1. 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. 1 to use claims to kinship or friendship to climb socially (idiom)
故地重游
gù dì chóng yóu
  1. 1 to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane
故步自封
gù bù zì fēng
  1. 1 stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas
  2. 2 stagnating and conservative
明知故犯
míng zhī gù fàn
  1. 1 deliberate violation (idiom); intentional crime
温故知新
wēn gù zhī xīn
  1. 1 to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)
  2. 2 to recall the past to understand the future
温故而知新
wēn gù ér zhī xīn
  1. 1 to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)
  2. 2 to recall the past to understand the future
无缘无故
wú yuán wú gù
  1. 1 no cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled for
狂奴故态
kuáng nú gù tài
  1. 1 to be set in one's ways (idiom)
羌无故实
qiāng wú gù shí
  1. 1 to have no basis in fact (idiom)
老于世故
lǎo yú shì gù
  1. 1 experienced in the ways of the world (idiom); worldly-wise
  2. 2 sophisticated
蹈常袭故
dǎo cháng xí gù
  1. 1 follow the same old path (idiom); stuck in a rut
  2. 2 always the same routine
钻故纸堆
zuān gù zhǐ duī
  1. 1 to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom); to study old books and papers
非亲非故
fēi qīn fēi gù
  1. 1 lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. unrelated to one another in any way
革故鼎新
gé gù dǐng xīn
  1. 1 to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate

Sample Sentences

早！哎，今天2号线又出故障了，等了好久都没有车来。
zǎo ！ai ，jīntiān èr hào xiàn yòu chū gùzhàng le ，děng le hǎo jiǔ dōu méiyǒu chē lái 。
Good morning! Agh, line two was malfunctioning again today. There were no trains for ages.
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这可不是危言耸听。在互联网时代，人们越来越依赖电脑，如果不积极防止各种病毒的危害，以免电脑故障和信息泄露，那将对我们的工作和生活造成巨大的影响。
zhè kěbùshì wēiyánsǒngtīng 。zài hùliánwǎng shídài ，rénmen yuèláiyuè yīlài diànnǎo ，rúguǒ bù jījí fángzhǐ gèzhǒng bìngdú de wēihài ，yǐmiǎn diànnǎo gùzhàng hé xìnxī xièlòu ，nà jiāng duì wǒmen de gōngzuò hé shēnghuó zàochéng jùdà de yǐngxiǎng 。
I'm not just trying to scare you. In the Internet era, people rely on computers more and more. If we don't pro-actively guard against the danger from all kinds of viruses to prevent computer crashes and information leaks, it will have a huge effect on our work and life.
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