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HSK
accident / CL: 樁|桩, ,
HSK 3
familiarity at first sight
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *故* | 故* | *故
happening / instance / reason / cause / intentional / former / old / friend / therefore / hence / (of people) to die, dead
HSK 7-9
an unforeseen event / accident / misfortune
worldly wisdom / the ways of the world / to know how to get on in the world
reason / cause
HSK 6
classical story or quote from the literature / the story behind sth
to die / to pass away
without cause or reason
HSK 7-9
somehow
the late / deceased
sophisticated / worldly-wise
HSK 7-9
unworldly / unsophisticated
what for? / what's the reason?
anecdote; tales (esp. about a historical figure)
to find an excuse
accident causing injury or death
a shipwreck / a sinking
accident
to die
(idiom) for no reason whatever; inexplicably
fellow countryman (from the same village) / the folks back home
(idiom) to have some sort of connection (personal or familial etc)
industrial accident / work-related injury
therefore / so / consequently
(idiom) no cause or reason; completely uncalled for
to die of an illness
the ways of the world
old friends and relatives
historical or literary anecdote that gives rise to a saying
(idiom) to use claims to kinship or friendship to climb socially
(idiom) back to where we were; absolutely no improvement; things haven't changed at all
lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom) / fig. unrelated to one another in any way
for some reason
as before / as usual / (to be) like old friends
follow the same old path (idiom); stuck in a rut / always the same routine
to find a pretext for refusing
old friend / correct interpretation
accident occurring due to negligence
experienced in the ways of the world (idiom); worldly-wise / sophisticated
old friend / former acquaintance
without relatives or friends
variant of 緣故|缘故


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