古怪
gǔ guài
Pinyin
Definition
古怪
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- eccentric
- grotesque
- oddly
- queer
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 surname Gu
- 1 ancient times
- 2 olden times
- 1 strange
- 2 odd
- 3 to marvel
- 4 to be baffled
- 1 to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration)
- 2 to turn back the clock
- 3 neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文
- 4 retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
- 1 bewildering
- 2 odd
- 3 strange
- 4 uncanny
- 5 devil
- 6 monster
- 7 to wonder at
- 8 to blame
- 9 quite
- 10 rather
Idioms (20)
一失足成千古恨
- 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
不足为怪
- 1 not at all surprising (idiom)
亘古不变
- 1 unchanging since times immemorial (idiom)
- 2 unalterable
- 3 unvarying
- 4 monotonous
人心不古
- 1 the men of today are sadly degenerated (idiom)
借古讽今
- 1 to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
Sample Sentences
我的文学史教授是个古怪的人,即使电脑已经这么发达,他所有的上课材料都是手写的,而且要求学生用文言文写试卷,还不准写太长。
My history professor is an eccentric man. Despite the advancements of technology in the classroom, he still insists on handwriting all his class materials. He also asks the students to write their exams in classical Chinese, but they're not allow to write answers that are too long.
古怪
eccentric/odd
三国演义的这段描写是精彩的,很精彩,非常精彩,可惜是假的。但是虽然是虚构的,仍然有意义。意义在哪儿呢?我们现在可以把它看作古代版的营销学教材。我们现在用现代视角来看看这个事件就很有意思了。在这个事件中,刘备好比一家投资公司的大老板,他决定投资,要买断某一个人才。诸葛亮呢,就像一个准备应聘行政执行官的这样一个职业经理人。他们双方都有一个互相试探、了解和需要的过程。所以他这一套东西用现在的眼光一看,就觉得整个的一些什么唱歌的农民、不懂事的童子啊、稀奇古怪的朋友啊,全是托儿。这当然是我们今天站在现代视角回过头来看这个问题,得出的结论。甚至我也可以坦率地承认,我这个推测是以小人之心,度君子之腹。纯粹是我的个人意见,不是历史意见,也不是时代意见,也不是罗贯中的意见。
是啊,我有一次和一个外国同事吃广东点心,他再三强调不能点凤爪。说看了就头皮发麻。结果搞得我们错过了一道招牌菜。哎,你吃过最古怪的东西是什么?
Yeah. I ate Cantonese dim sum with a foreign colleague once. He made a big deal out of the fact that we couldn't order chicken feet. He said that he got the heebie-jeebies just looking at it. In the end, I missed the chance to order the dish the restaurant was famous for! Hey, what's the strangest thing you've eaten?