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事故

shì gù

HSK 3 · word 1883 of 3,000

Meaning

• accident

Measure word

桩 zhuāng or 起 qǐ or 次 cì

Example sentence

Characters in 事故

• 事 shì matter
• 故 gù reason, cause; old, former; therefore

事 a matter plus 故, a cause or mishap. The matter with a cause, hence an accident.

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