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缘故
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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary
- 缘故 [yuángù]
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noun
cause
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noun
cause
Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 缘故 [yuángù]
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原因
- 他好几天没来上班,必定有什么缘故。
- 不知什么缘故又停电了。
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不要写作"原故"。跟"缘由"略有区别。参见"缘由"的提示。
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原因
Examples
- 他这样生气，不知什么缘故。
- I wonder what reason he had for getting so angry. → 缘故
- 因为家庭贫困的缘故，他只念了几年书。 → 念
- 因为晕车的缘故，我一上了车就觉得恶心。 → 恶心
- 贫困是他弃学的缘故。 → 缘故
- 由于大修的缘故, 博物馆的部分文物需要外迁。
- Some of the cultural relics in this museum need to be transferred to other places because of the repair work. → 外迁
- 最近老发脾气，也许是内火太盛的缘故吧。 → 内火
- 可能是因为年轻气盛的缘故，他们俩往往为了一件小事吵得不可开交。 → 年轻气盛
- 缘故 → 故
- 缘故。 → 缘
- 这其中的缘故,亏你道破,我才明白 → 道破
Collocations
- 不知缘故
- to be unaware of the reason
- 弄清缘故
- to find out why/the reason
- 这个缘故
- the reason
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