故城
gù chéng
Pinyin
Definition
故城
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- old city
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一改故辙
- 1 complete change from the old rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction
- 2 a volte-face
- 3 to change old practices
他乡遇故知
- 1 meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
依然如故
- 1 back to where we were (idiom); absolutely no improvement
- 2 Things haven't changed at all.
依然故我
- 1 to be one's old self (idiom)
- 2 to be unchanged
- 3 (derog.) to be stuck in one's ways
倾国倾城
- 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
- 3 also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qīng chéng qīng guó]