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HSK
accident / CL: 樁|桩, ,
HSK 3
deliberately; on purpose
HSK 2
home / homeland / native place / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
narrative; story; tale
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *故* | 故* | *故
happening / instance / reason / cause / intentional / former / old / friend / therefore / hence / (of people) to die, dead
HSK 7-9
malfunction / breakdown / defect / shortcoming / fault / failure / impediment / error / bug (in software)
HSK 6
worldly wisdom / the ways of the world / to know how to get on in the world
therefore
to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate
classical story or quote from the literature / the story behind sth
to die / to pass away
reason / cause
HSK 6
folk story / folktale
old teaching (e.g. religious instruction)
Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing / National Palace Museum, Taipei
without cause or reason
HSK 7-9
somehow
the late / deceased
to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects) / to recall the past to understand the future
historical or literary anecdote that gives rise to a saying
sophisticated / worldly-wise
HSK 7-9
former acquaintance / old friend
old site / site of sth (palace, ancient state etc) that no longer exists
native country; one's homeland
what for? / what's the reason?
anecdote; tales (esp. about a historical figure)
to put on an act
usual trick / old tactics
old classics / old customs / cause
lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom) / fig. unrelated to one another in any way
stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas / stagnating and conservative
to find an excuse
lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new
old practice
old friend / the deceased
fault resolution / trouble clearing
old friends
mythical story; myth
artificial show of seriousness / to pretend to be solemn
ghost story
accident causing injury or death
a shipwreck / a sinking
to return home with honor
that's why it is called...
single point of failure
accident
to troubleshoot / to check components individually for problems / troubleshooting
to die
to repeat an old stratagem / up to one's old tricks
former residence
a close friend over many years
home town; native place
former capital / ancient capital
deliberate violation (idiom); intentional crime
familiarity at first sight
fictional film / feature film
storyline; plotline
once familiar places / former haunts
old tomb
the Forbidden City / abbr. for 故宮博物院|故宫博物院
former imperial palace
descended from an old family
Mukden Palace, aka Shenyang Imperial Palace, the main imperial palace during the early years of the Qing dynasty (1625-1644), a secondary palace in subsequent years, now a museum
therefore / so / consequently
accident occurring due to negligence
(idiom) for no reason whatever; inexplicably
... hence the name (used at the end of a sentence)
to die / death
to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects) / to recall the past to understand the future
do not neglect old friends
unworldly / unsophisticated
meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
to die of an illness
old friend / former acquaintance
the ways of the world
old friends and relatives
one's old self / one's original self / what one has always been
In order to capture, one must let loose. / to loosen the reins only to grasp them better
experienced in the ways of the world (idiom); worldly-wise / sophisticated
(idiom) back to where we were; absolutely no improvement; things haven't changed at all
old and respected family / family whose members have been officials from generation to generation
an unforeseen event / accident / misfortune
for some reason
to play the profound thinker
to be set in one's ways (idiom)
not to stick to the old conventions
Gucheng, a county in Hengshui City 衡水市, Hebei
deliberately mystifying / to make sth unnecessarily complicated
old friend / deceased friend
therefore
complete change from the old rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction / a volte-face / to change old practices
fellow countryman (from the same village) / the folks back home
as before / as usual / (to be) like old friends
premeditated murder
a pile of old books
to revert to old ways
technical breakdown / malfunction
fairy tale
to find a pretext for refusing

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