Dictionary/典故

典故

diǎn gù

ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨˋ
N
1classical story or quote from the literature
2the story behind sth

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典故

Example

rén人yào要cóng从gǒu狗měng猛jiǔ酒suān酸de的diǎn gù典故zhōng中xī qǔ吸取jiāo教xùn训。
人要从狗猛酒酸的典故中吸取教训。
One must learn a lesson from the difficult situations and bad conditions in one's life.