narrative; story; tale

deliberately; on purpose

accident; CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],起[qi3],次[ci4]

malfunction; breakdown; defect; shortcoming; fault; failure; impediment; error; bug (in software)

reason; cause

home; homeland; native place; CL:個|个[ge4]

(idiom) no cause or reason; completely uncalled for

the late; deceased

happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead

what for?; what's the reason?

fairy tale

ghost story

accident

without cause or reason

native country; one's homeland

(idiom) to ask a question, already knowing the answer

an unforeseen event; accident; misfortune

to pretend; to feign

the ways of the world

sophisticated; worldly-wise

to die; to pass away

to find an excuse

classical story or quote from the literature; the story behind sth

variant of 緣故|缘故[yuan2 gu4]

for some reason

as before; as usual; (to be) like old friends

anecdote; tales (esp. about a historical figure)

to find a pretext for refusing

to die; to pass away

old estate; former empire; former occupation

that's why it is called...

former acquaintance; old friend

old friend; the deceased

usual trick; old tactics

old classics; old customs; cause

(euphemism) to pass away; to die

old friend; deceased friend

(literary) former subordinate

one's hometown

country with an ancient history

once familiar places; former haunts

old site; site of sth (palace, ancient state etc) that no longer exists

see 故城縣|故城县[Gu4 cheng2 Xian4]

old city

old tomb

former home

the Forbidden City; abbr. for 故宮博物院|故宫博物院[Gu4 gong1 Bo2 wu4 yuan4]

former imperial palace

old and respected family; family whose members have been officials from generation to generation