| 故 |
gù dào | old road / old way / old course (of a river) |
| 故 |
gù | happening / instance / reason / cause / intentional / former / old / friend / therefore / hence / (of people) to die, dead |
| 道 |
dào | road; path (CL:条,股) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) |