故土
gù tǔ
Pinyin

Definition

故土
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gù tǔ
  1. native country
  2. one's homeland

Related Words (20)

土豆
tǔ dòu
  1. 1 potato
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 (Tw) peanut
  4. 4 CL:顆|颗[kē]
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]
何故
hé gù
  1. 1 what for?
  2. 2 what's the reason?
典故
diǎn gù
  1. 1 classical story or quote from the literature
国土
guó tǔ
  1. 1 country's territory
  2. 2 national land
土
Tǔ
  1. 1 Tu (ethnic group)
  2. 2 surname Tu
土匪
tǔ fěi
  1. 1 bandit
土地
tǔ dì
  1. 1 land
  2. 2 soil
  3. 3 territory
  4. 4 CL:片[piàn],塊|块[kuài]
土壤
tǔ rǎng
  1. 1 soil
土耳其
Tǔ ěr qí
  1. 1 Turkey
土著
tǔ zhù
  1. 1 aboriginal
土豆泥
tǔ dòu ní
  1. 1 mashed potato
土豆网
Tǔ dòu Wǎng
  1. 1 Tudou, a Chinese video-sharing website
土鳖
tǔ biē
  1. 1 ground beetle
  2. 2 (coll.) professional or entrepreneur who, unlike a 海歸|海归[hǎi guī], has never studied overseas
  3. 3 (dialect) country bumpkin
尘土
chén tǔ
  1. 1 dust
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

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
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
入土为安
rù tǔ wéi ān
  1. 1 buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)
兵来将挡，水来土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌，水来土堰
bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
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
土木形骸
tǔ mù xíng hái
  1. 1 earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
土洋结合
tǔ yáng jié hé
  1. 1 combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
土牛木马
tǔ niú mù mǎ
  1. 1 clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
  2. 2 worthless object
土豪劣绅
tǔ háo liè shēn
  1. 1 local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia
土阶茅屋
tǔ jiē máo wū
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
土阶茅茨
tǔ jiē máo cí
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
守土有责
shǒu tǔ yǒu zé
  1. 1 duty to defend the country (idiom)
寸土寸金
cùn tǔ cùn jīn
  1. 1 land is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom)
挥金如土
huī jīn rú tǔ
  1. 1 lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to spend money like water
  3. 3 extravagant
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

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