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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

故事 [gùshì]
  1. 1. noun story

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

故事 [gùshì]
  1. 1. story; tale
    故事
    tell a story
    红军长征的故事
    stories about the Long March of the Red Army
    故事
    storyteller
  2. 2. plot
    这部小说故事性很强。
    The novel has an interesting plot.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

故事 [gùshì]
  1. 1. 名 [文] 过去的制度、办法;例行的事
    虚应故事
    因袭故事
  2. 2. 用来作为讲述对象的真实或虚构的事情,特点是情节连贯,有吸引力,能感染人
    故事
    动人的故事
  3. 3. 文学作品中能够展现人物性格并能体现主题思想的情节
    这本小说故事性很强

Examples

这个故事百听不厌。
You never get tired of hearing this story.
电影里这段三角恋爱故事是个败笔。
The love triangle in this film is a shortcoming in an otherwise very good plot.
把小说里的故事搬到舞台上
adapt a story for performance on the stage; dramatize a novel
故事新编》
A New Book of Stories
播讲故事
tell a story over the radio
故事发生的地点
the locale (or scene) of a story
动人的故事
a touching story
故事复述一遍
retell a story
这篇课文是根据《中国文学》上的一个故事改写的。
This text is adapted from a story in Chinese Literature.
这只是故事的概略。
This is only an outline of the story.

Word Decomposition


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Related Measure Words

  [duàn] |  一段故事
  [gè] |  一个故事
  [huí] |  一回故事
  [xiē] |  一些故事
  [zé] |  一则故事

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