故都
gù dū
Pinyin

Definition

故都
 - 
gù dū
  1. former capital
  2. ancient capital

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

都
Dū
  1. 1 surname Du
事故
shì gù
  1. 1 accident
  2. 2 CL:樁|桩[zhuāng],起[qǐ],次[cì]
成都
Chéng dū
  1. 1 Chengdu subprovincial city and capital of Sichuan province 四川 in southwest China
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
故事
gù shì
  1. 1 old practice
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
故意
gù yì
  1. 1 deliberately
  2. 2 on purpose
都市
dū shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 metropolis
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
亡故
wáng gù
  1. 1 to die
  2. 2 to pass away
京都
Jīng dū
  1. 1 Kyoto, Japan
京都府
Jīng dū fǔ
  1. 1 Kyōto prefecture in central Japan
人情世故
rén qíng shì gù
  1. 1 worldly wisdom
  2. 2 the ways of the world
  3. 3 to know how to get on in the world
何故
hé gù
  1. 1 what for?
  2. 2 what's the reason?
借故
jiè gù
  1. 1 to find an excuse
全都
quán dōu
  1. 1 all
  2. 2 without exception
典故
diǎn gù
  1. 1 classical story or quote from the literature
加德满都
Jiā dé mǎn dū
  1. 1 Kathmandu, capital of Nepal
原故
yuán gù
  1. 1 variant of 緣故|缘故[yuán gù]
古都
gǔ dū
  1. 1 ancient capital

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
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
手心手背都是肉
shǒu xīn shǒu bèi dōu shì ròu
  1. 1 lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to both be of equal importance
  3. 3 to value both equally
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
林子大了，什么鸟都有
lín zi dà le , shén me niǎo dōu yǒu
  1. 1 it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
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
脸都绿了
liǎn dōu lu:4 le
  1. 1 green in the face (idiom)
  2. 2 to look unwell
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

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