典 |
diǎn gù | classical story or quote from the literature / the story behind sth |
典 |
diǎn | canon / law / standard work of scholarship / literary quotation or allusion / ceremony / to be in charge of / to mortgage or pawn |
故 |
gù | happening / instance / reason / cause / intentional / former / old / friend / therefore / hence / (of people) to die, dead |