故云
gù yún
Pinyin

Definition

故云
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gù yún
  1. that's why it is called...

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

云
yún
  1. 1 (classical) to say
多云
duō yún
  1. 1 cloudy (meteorology)
故事
gù shì
  1. 1 old practice
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
浮云
fú yún
  1. 1 floating clouds
  2. 2 fleeting
  3. 3 transient
风云
fēng yún
  1. 1 weather
  2. 2 unstable situation
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
九霄云外
jiǔ xiāo yún wài
  1. 1 beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
  2. 2 unimaginably far away
事故
shì gù
  1. 1 accident
  2. 2 CL:樁|桩[zhuāng],起[qǐ],次[cì]
云云
yún yún
  1. 1 and so on
  2. 2 so and so
  3. 3 many and confused
何故
hé gù
  1. 1 what for?
  2. 2 what's the reason?
刘青云
Liú Qīng yún
  1. 1 Lau Ching-Wan (1964-), Hong Kong actor
如故
rú gù
  1. 1 as before
  2. 2 as usual
  3. 3 (to be) like old friends
彩云
cǎi yún
  1. 1 rosy clouds
  2. 2 CL:朵[duǒ]
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

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
九霄云外
jiǔ xiāo yún wài
  1. 1 beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
  2. 2 unimaginably far away
人云亦云
rén yún yì yún
  1. 1 to say what everyone says (idiom)
  2. 2 to conform to what one perceives to be the majority view
  3. 3 to follow the herd
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
判若云泥
pàn ruò yún ní
  1. 1 as different as heaven and earth (idiom)
  2. 2 worlds apart
叱咤风云
chì zhà fēng yún
  1. 1 lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom); fig. shaking the whole world
  2. 2 all-powerful
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
吞云吐雾
tūn yún tǔ wù
  1. 1 to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)
  2. 2 to blow cigarette or opium smoke
堕云雾中
duò yún wù zhōng
  1. 1 lit. to become lost in a fog (idiom); fig. at a complete loss
大旱望云霓
dà hàn wàng yún ní
  1. 1 lit. looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. desperate for an escape from a difficult situation
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福
tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú
  1. 1 fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
拨云见日
bō yún jiàn rì
  1. 1 lit. to dispel the clouds and see the sun (idiom); fig. to restore justice
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
曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云
céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què Wū Shān bù shì yún
  1. 1 there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
  2. 2 one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
朱云折槛
Zhū Yún zhē kǎn
  1. 1 Mr Zhu Yun breaks the railing (idiom); to challenge and admonish boldly

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