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推故
tuī gù
Pinyin
Definition
推故
-
tuī gù
to find a pretext for refusing
Character Decomposition
推
扌
隹
故
十
口
⺙
Related Words
(20)
推荐
tuī jiàn
1
to recommend
2
recommendation
故事
gù shì
1
old practice
2
CL:個|个[gè]
世故
shì gù
1
the ways of the world
事故
shì gù
1
accident
2
CL:樁|桩[zhuāng],起[qǐ],次[cì]
推
tuī
1
to push
2
to cut
3
to refuse
4
to reject
5
to decline
6
to shirk (responsibility)
7
to put off
8
to delay
9
to push forward
10
to nominate
11
to elect
12
massage
推介
tuī jiè
1
promotion
2
to promote
3
to introduce and recommend
推倒
tuī dǎo
1
to push over
2
to overthrow
推出
tuī chū
1
to push out
2
to release
3
to launch
4
to publish
5
to recommend
推动
tuī dòng
1
to push (for acceptance of a plan)
2
to push forward
3
to promote
4
to actuate
5
CL:個|个[gè]
推广
tuī guǎng
1
to extend
2
to spread
3
to popularize
4
generalization
5
promotion (of a product etc)
推特
Tuī tè
1
Twitter (microblogging service)
推理
tuī lǐ
1
reasoning
2
inference
3
to infer
4
to deduce
推翻
tuī fān
1
to overthrow
推车
tuī chē
1
cart
2
trolley
3
to push a cart
推进
tuī jìn
1
to impel
2
to carry forward
3
to push on
4
to advance
5
to drive forward
推迟
tuī chí
1
to postpone
2
to put off
3
to defer
推销
tuī xiāo
1
to market
2
to sell
推开
tuī kāi
1
to push open (a gate etc)
2
to push away
3
to reject
4
to decline
故
gù
1
happening
2
instance
3
reason
4
cause
5
intentional
6
former
7
old
8
friend
9
therefore
10
hence
11
(of people) to die, dead
故人
gù rén
1
old friend
2
the deceased
Idioms
(20)
一改故辙
yī gǎi gù zhé
1
complete change from the old rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction
2
a volte-face
3
to change old practices
互相推诿
hù xiāng tuī wěi
1
mutually shirking responsibilities (idiom); each blaming the other
2
passing the buck to and fro
3
each trying to unload responsibilities onto the other
他乡遇故知
tā xiāng yù gù zhī
1
meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
依然如故
yī rán rú gù
1
back to where we were (idiom); absolutely no improvement
2
Things haven't changed at all.
依然故我
yī rán gù wǒ
1
to be one's old self (idiom)
2
to be unchanged
3
(derog.) to be stuck in one's ways
半推半就
bàn tuī bàn jiù
1
half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance
吐故纳新
tǔ gù nà xīn
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
推来推去
tuī lái tuī qù
1
(idiom) to rudely push and pull others
2
(idiom) to evade responsibility and push it to others
推心置腹
tuī xīn zhì fù
1
to give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom); sb has one's absolute confidence
2
to trust completely
3
to confide in sb with entire sincerity
推波助澜
tuī bō zhù lán
1
to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum
2
to encourage sth to get bigger
3
to add fuel to the fire
推贤让能
tuī xián ràng néng
1
to cede to the virtuous and yield to the talented (idiom)
推陈布新
tuī chén bù xīn
1
to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
2
to go beyond old ideas
3
advancing all the time
推陈出新
tuī chén chū xīn
1
to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
攀亲道故
pān qīn dào gù
1
to use claims to kinship or friendship to climb socially (idiom)
故地重游
gù dì chóng yóu
1
to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane
故步自封
gù bù zì fēng
1
stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas
2
stagnating and conservative
明知故犯
míng zhī gù fàn
1
deliberate violation (idiom); intentional crime
有钱能使鬼推磨
yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò
1
lit. money will make the Devil turn millstones (idiom)
2
fig. with money, you can do anything you like
沙盘推演
shā pán tuī yǎn
1
to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom)
2
to rehearse a planned action or activity
3
to conduct a dry run
温故知新
wēn gù zhī xīn
1
to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)
2
to recall the past to understand the future
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