故

故 [gù] 名

1. ■ （事故） event; incident; happening; accident:

变故 unforeseen event; misfortune

2. ■ （原因） cause; reason:

不知何故 not know why;

托故离开 make an excuse and leave;

无故缺勤 be absent without reason [cause];

非有他故。 There's no other reason.

3. ■ （朋友; 友情） friend; acquaintance:

非亲非故 neither relative nor friend; a perfect stranger;

沾亲带故 have ties of kinship or friendship

4. ■ [书] （特指祭祀之类的事） service of offering sacrifices

5. ■ （指旧的、过去的事物） the old:

吐故纳新 exhaling the old and inhaling the new; get rid of the stale and take in the fresh

6. ■ （旧识; 老朋友） old friend:

一见如故 feel like old friends at the first meeting

7. ■ （姓氏） a surname:

故清远 Gu Qingyuan

动

1. ■ （死亡） die:

亡故 pass away;

病故 die of illness

形

1. ■ （原来的;从前的;旧的） former; ancient; old:

故址 site (of an ancient monument, etc.);

黄河故道 the old course of the Huanghe River;

依然故我 be still one's same old self

2. ■ （已死的） deceased:

故友 one's deceased friend

副

1. ■ （故意; 有意） purposely; intentionally:

明知故犯 commit an offense knowingly; wilfully violate (a law or rule)

连

1. ■ （所以; 因此） so; therefore; conseqently; hence; on the countrary:

途中遇事耽搁，故未能按期到达。 I was held up on the way and so I was late.

无私故能无畏。 Fearlessness stems from selflessness.; Only the selfless can be fearless.