to find a pretext for refusing
1.old classics2.old customs3.cause
1.old city2.see 故城县[gù chéng xiàn]
1.former imperial palace2.the Forbidden City3.abbr. for 故宫博物院[gù gōng bó wù yuàn]
a close friend over many years
1.old road2.old way3.old course (of a river)
1.former capital2.ancient capital
1.old friend2.former acquaintance
1.old friend2.correct interpretation
Gucheng, a county in Hengshui City 衡水市[héng shuǐ shì], Hebei
1.complete change from the old rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction2.a volte-face3.to change old practices
old friends and relatives
not to stick to the old conventions
1.worldly wisdom2.the ways of the world3.to know how to get on in the world
accident causing injury or death
1.to be one's old self (idiom)2.to be unchanged3.(derog.) to be stuck in one's ways
(idiom) for no reason whatever; inexplicably
(idiom) to use claims to kinship or friendship to climb socially
1.stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas2.stagnating and conservative
do not neglect old friends
(idiom) to ask a question, already knowing the answer
to return home with honor
without relatives or friends
(idiom) to have some sort of connection (personal or familial etc)
to be set in one's ways (idiom)
to have no basis in fact (idiom)
1.experienced in the ways of the world (idiom); worldly-wise2.sophisticated
to go through the motions
1.follow the same old path (idiom); stuck in a rut2.always the same routine
to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom); to study old books and papers
to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate
1.Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing2.National Palace Museum, Taipei
1.to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)2.to recall the past to understand the future
see 旧地重游[jiù dì chóng yóu]
variant of 平白无故[píng bái wú gù]
that's why it is called...