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narrative; story; tale
HSK 2
deliberately; on purpose
HSK 2
accident / CL: 樁|桩, ,
HSK 3
home / homeland / native place / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
malfunction / breakdown / defect / shortcoming / fault / failure / impediment / error / bug (in software)
HSK 6
reason / cause
HSK 6
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happening / instance / reason / cause / intentional / former / old / friend / therefore / hence / (of people) to die, dead
HSK 7-9
sophisticated / worldly-wise
HSK 7-9
without cause or reason
HSK 7-9
old practice
the Forbidden City / abbr. for 故宮博物院|故宫博物院
former imperial palace
to find an excuse
to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects) / to recall the past to understand the future
old friend / the deceased
one's old self / one's original self / what one has always been
home town; native place
the Forbidden City / the Imperial Palace in Beijing / same as 故宮|故宫
no cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled for
old city
for some reason
classical story or quote from the literature / the story behind sth
the late / deceased
native country; one's homeland
to die
one's hometown
therefore
country with an ancient history
the ways of the world
In order to capture, one must let loose. / to loosen the reins only to grasp them better
a close friend over many years
former acquaintance / old friend
once familiar places / former haunts
an unforeseen event / accident / misfortune
to die of an illness
former residence
former capital / ancient capital
familiarity at first sight
old road / old way / old course (of a river)
(idiom) for no reason whatever; inexplicably
therefore
what for? / what's the reason?
to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane
to die / death
old friend / deceased friend
stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas / stagnating and conservative
to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate
lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new
to be one's old self (idiom) / to be unchanged / (derog.) to be stuck in one's ways
lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom) / fig. unrelated to one another in any way
to pretend / to feign
as before / as usual / (to be) like old friends
deliberate violation (idiom); intentional crime
to die / to pass away
(idiom) back to where we were; absolutely no improvement; things haven't changed at all
old friends
(idiom) to have some sort of connection (personal or familial etc)
a pile of old books
anecdote; tales (esp. about a historical figure)
to die / to pass away
to revert to old ways
to repeat an old stratagem / up to one's old tricks
former home
experienced in the ways of the world (idiom); worldly-wise / sophisticated
old friend / former acquaintance
to go through the motions
to put on an act
to find a pretext for refusing
old site / site of sth (palace, ancient state etc) that no longer exists
old friends and relatives
not to stick to the old conventions
complete change from the old rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction / a volte-face / to change old practices
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集
fictional film / feature film
(literary) former subordinate
mythical story; myth
usual trick / old tactics
historical or literary anecdote that gives rise to a saying
storyline; plotline
that's why it is called...
fault resolution / trouble clearing
former residence
to return home with honor
Jung Chang (1952-), British-Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 張二鴻|张二鸿, author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅 and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事
old friend / correct interpretation
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集
The Canterbury Tales, collection of stories by Geoffrey Chaucer 喬叟|乔叟
Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 and Jon Halliday
meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
fellow countryman (from the same village) / the folks back home
single point of failure
accident
Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing / National Palace Museum, Taipei
old and respected family / family whose members have been officials from generation to generation
folk story / folktale
to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects) / to recall the past to understand the future
somehow
unworldly / unsophisticated
accidental exposure

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