WordTaiwan frequency #27,314
藉故
ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨˋ
“to use a pretext; to find an excuse”
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- 故事ㄍㄨˋ ㄕˋnarrative; story; tale; old practice; old custom; accident or incident
- 藉由ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄡˊby means of; through; by.
- 故意ㄍㄨˋ ㄧˋdeliberately; on purpose; intentionally; (law) the mental state of knowingly intending or allowing an outcome
- 事故ㄕˋ ㄍㄨˋan accident; an unexpected harmful event; a mishap; an unforeseen incident
- 故鄉ㄍㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤhometown; native place; homeland; the place where one was born or grew up.
- 故宮ㄍㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄥformer imperial palace; the Forbidden City in Beijing; the Palace Museum (Beijing or Taipei)
- 藉著ㄐㄧㄝˋ ˙ㄓㄜby means of; through; with the help of.
- 藉口ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄎㄡˇto use as an excuse; on the pretext; excuse; pretext
- 緣故ㄩㄢˊ ㄍㄨˋreason; cause; the why behind something; (archaic or literary) unexpected turn of events, mishap.
- 故障ㄍㄨˋ ㄓㄤˋmalfunction; breakdown; defect; fault; failure; bug (in software); shortcoming; impediment; error.
- 憑藉ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋto rely on; to depend on; by means of; thanks to; something one relies on.
- 藉以ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄧˇby means of which; so as to; in order to; used to indicate purpose or means