故事
Chinese
happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old |
matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair | ||
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simp. and trad. (故事) |
故 | 事 | |
anagram | 事故 |
Pronunciation 1
Noun
故事
- story (sequence of real or fictional events, or an account of such a sequence); tale; narrative; plot
- 愛情故事/爱情故事 ― àiqíng gùshi ― love story
- 一個悲傷的故事/一个悲伤的故事 ― yīge bēishāng de gùshi ― a sad story
- 講故事/讲故事 ― jiǎng gùshi ― to tell a story
- 背後的故事/背后的故事 ― bèihòu de gùshi ― the story behind it
- 歷史故事/历史故事 ― lìshǐ gùshi ― stories from history
- 鬼故事 ― guǐgùshi ― ghost story
- 作者不明的故事 ― zuòzhě bùmíng de gùshì ― a story of unknown authorship
Derived terms
Pronunciation 2
Noun
故事
- (archaic) old matter
- (archaic) old practice or system; well-established convention or routine
- 宣帝循武帝故事,招名儒俊材置左右。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE
- Xuāndì xún Wǔdì gùshì, zhāo míngrú jùncái zhì zuǒyòu. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (archaic) accident
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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故 | 事 |
こ Grade: 5 |
じ Grade: 3 |
on’yomi |
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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