缘故 (緣故)
yuán gù
Pinyin

Definition

缘故 (緣故)
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yuán gù
  1. reason
  2. cause

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

故事
gù shì
  1. 1 old practice
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
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
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

Idioms (19)

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

亲爱哒，今天情绪大大地低落，不知道是不是因为听了太多“鸡汤”故事的缘故。都说人最大的悲哀莫过于常怀能力无法企及的欲望，唉……
qīnàidā ，jīntiān qíngxù dàdà de dīluò ，bù zhīdào shìbushì yīnwèi tīng le tài duō “jītāng ”gùshi de yuángù 。dōu shuō rén zuìdà de bēiāi mòguòyú cháng huái nénglì wúfǎ qìjí de yùwàng ，ài ……
Bae, today my mood took a nosedive, I don't know if it's because I've heard too many "chicken-soup-for-the-soul" stories. They all say that the biggest tragedy for humans is that they often have ambitions that lie beyond their abilities, ah...
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香港 的 恐怖片 基本上 都 是 鬼片。可能 因为 文化传统 的 缘故，亚洲 恐怖片 涉及到 鬼怪 的 内容 比较 多。香港 恐怖片 也 有 特色 。
Xiānggǎng de kǒngbùpiānr jīběnshang dōu shì guǐpiānr 。kěnéng yīnwèi wénhuàchuántǒng de yuángù ，Yàzhōu kǒngbùpiānr shèjí dào guǐguài de nèiróng bǐjiào duō 。Xiānggǎng kǒngbùpiānr yě yǒu tèsè 。
Hong Kong scary movies are basically all ghost films. Maybe for cultural reasons, lots of Asian scary movies deal with ghosts. Hong Kong horror movies have their own special characteristics.
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所以说起来，原来是我还不够辛苦的缘故啊！
suǒyǐ shuō qǐlai ，yuánlái shì wǒ hái bùgòu xīnkǔ de yuángù ā ！
So, by saying that, the cause (of all this) is because I'm actually not hard working enough!
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