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故事
  gu3 si6   jyutping
  gu4 shi4   pinyin
story, narrative, tale | []: 古仔,

noun

Level: 2   Google Frequency: 12,800,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
故事

This word has been viewed 4536 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 29th Aug 2004 20:52 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 gu3  -  former; reason; therefore; pass away; friend
 si6  -  matter; affair; job; work; accident

9 compounds containing this word:

鬼故事 - a ghost story
講故事 - to tell a story or a tale, taletelling
故事書 - story book
寓言故事 - fable story
Common Formations:
歷史故事 - historical tale
民間故事 - [n] folk story; folktale
童話故事 - fairy tale
故事內容 - story-line
故事圖片 - storyboard

Showing 1 example containing 故事
detail 呢個一個開頭光芒芒後尾黑壓壓故事
This is a story that starts out innocently but ends up being very dark.
[Lit. this [counter] is one [counter] start bright, end dark [possessive particle] story]
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