single point of failure
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
for some reason
as before / as usual / (to be) like old friends
to have passed away
(idiom) for no reason whatever / inexplicably
accident
historical or literary anecdote that gives rise to a saying
technical breakdown / malfunction
anecdote / tales (esp. about a historical figure)
to find a pretext for refusing
(idiom) to use claims to kinship or friendship to climb socially
(idiom) to ask a question, already knowing the answer
deliberate violation (idiom) / intentional crime
therefore / so / consequently
bedtime story
to return home with honor
folk story / folktale
a shipwreck / a sinking
without relatives or friends
(idiom) to have some sort of connection (personal or familial etc)
to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects) / to recall the past to understand the future
to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects) / to recall the past to understand the future
to be set in one's ways (idiom)
to die of an illness
mythical story / myth
fairy tale
to have no basis in fact (idiom)
experienced in the ways of the world (idiom) / worldly-wise / sophisticated
old friend / former acquaintance
to go through the motions
accident occurring due to negligence
follow the same old path (idiom) / stuck in a rut / always the same routine
to die
to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom) / to study old books and papers
old friend / correct interpretation
lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom) / fig. unrelated to one another in any way
to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom) / to innovate
ghost story
(literary) former subordinate
see 故城縣|故城县[]
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