典故
diǎn gù
Pinyin

Definition

典故
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diǎn gù
  1. classical story or quote from the literature

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

故事
gù shì
  1. 1 old practice
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
经典
jīng diǎn
  1. 1 the classics
  2. 2 scriptures
  3. 3 classical
  4. 4 classic (example, case etc)
  5. 5 typical
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 classifier: 桩 zhuāng
  3. 3 classifier: 起 qǐ
  4. 4 classifier: 次 cì

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

Sample Sentences

是啊。成语典故太多了，我们知道的也没多少。小时候学成语，老师让我们背解释。不明白意思的话，很容易用错。有时候报纸上还会用错成语呢！
shì a 。chéngyǔ diǎngù tài duō le ，wǒ men zhīdào de yě méi duōshǎo 。xiǎo shíhou xué chéngyǔ ，lǎoshī ràng wǒ men bèi jiěshì 。bù míngbái yìsi dehuà ，hěn róngyì yòng cuò 。yǒushíhou bàozhǐ shàng hái huì yòng cuò chéngyǔ ne ！
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