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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[gù]
  1. 1. noun [变故] incident
  2. 2. noun [原因] reason
  3. 3. noun [友情] friendship
  4. 4. noun [老友] old friend
  5. 5. verb pass away
  6. 6. adjective [旧] old
  7. 7. adjective [亡故] deceased
  8. 8. adverb on purpose
  9. 9. conjunction therefore
    他病了,未参加会议。
    He was ill, and therefore not at the meeting.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary (1 result)

[gù]
  1. 1. 原因
    无缘无
    推辞
  2. 2. 连接分句,表示因果关系,相当于"所以""因此"
    近日旧病复发,未能如期返校
  3. 3. 事情;特指意外的或不幸的事情
  4. 4. 表示有意识地或有目的地(这样做),相当于"意"
    明知
    作姿态
    欲擒
  5. 5. 旧的、过去的事物
    知新
    纳新
  6. 6. 指老朋友;旧交
    非亲非
    沾亲带
    一见如
  7. 7. 原来的;过去的
    土难离
  8. 8. 婉词,指人死去

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离开乡好几年了,他很想吃乡的扒糕。
He left his hometown several years ago. He wants to eat some buckwheat pudding served cold with sweet sauce, which is popular in his hometown.
美国的事片和我们中国事片的风格截然不同。
American feature films are completely different from our Chinese ones in style.
为了避免事的发生,我们应在火车的安全线以内等待。
We must not cross the safety line while waiting for trains so that we stay safe.
这个事发生在解放前的“白区”。
The story took place before liberation in areas controlled by Kuomintang.
我们家的电视出现了伴音过小的障。
There is something wrong with our TV, the sound is too low.
你听说过狗熊掰苞米的事吧?
Have you heard of the story in which a bear breaks off corncobs?
久居他乡遇到人,他心中倍感亲切。
He felt extremely excited to meet his old friends after living in a foreign country for a long time.
宁静的村庄,奔淌的小溪,就是他对乡全部的记忆。
The tranquil villages and flowing brooks—that’s all that he can recall about his hometown.
一次事中她摔折了膑骨。
She broke her patella in an accident.
他已经决心屏退里。
He decided to go to his hometown, and live a secluded life.

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