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HSK
accident / CL: 樁|桩, ,
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *故* | 故* | *故
happening / instance / reason / cause / intentional / former / old / friend / therefore / hence / (of people) to die, dead
HSK 7-9
worldly wisdom / the ways of the world / to know how to get on in the world
classical story or quote from the literature / the story behind sth
to die / to pass away
reason / cause
HSK 6
without cause or reason
HSK 7-9
somehow
the late / deceased
historical or literary anecdote that gives rise to a saying
sophisticated / worldly-wise
HSK 7-9
what for? / what's the reason?
anecdote; tales (esp. about a historical figure)
lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom) / fig. unrelated to one another in any way
to find an excuse
accident causing injury or death
a shipwreck / a sinking
accident
to die
familiarity at first sight
therefore / so / consequently
accident occurring due to negligence
(idiom) for no reason whatever; inexplicably
unworldly / unsophisticated
to die of an illness
old friend / former acquaintance
the ways of the world
old friends and relatives
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
an unforeseen event / accident / misfortune
for some reason
fellow countryman (from the same village) / the folks back home
as before / as usual / (to be) like old friends
to find a pretext for refusing
old friend / correct interpretation
industrial accident / work-related injury
(idiom) to have some sort of connection (personal or familial etc)
follow the same old path (idiom); stuck in a rut / always the same routine
without relatives or friends
(idiom) no cause or reason; completely uncalled for
(idiom) to use claims to kinship or friendship to climb socially
variant of 緣故|缘故


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