故 meaning in English

Ⅰ名词
1.(事故) event; incident; happening; accident 短语和例子
变故 unforeseen event; misfortune2.(原因) cause; reason 短语和例子
不知何故 not know why; 托故离开 make an excuse and leave; 无故缺勤 be absent without reason [cause]; 非有他故。 there's no other reason.3.(朋友; 友情) friend; acquaintance 短语和例子
非亲非故 neither relative nor friend; a perfect stranger; 沾亲带故 have ties of kinship or friendship4.[书面语] (特指祭祀之类的事) service of offering sacrifices
5.(指旧的、过去的事物) the old 短语和例子
吐故纳新 exhaling the old and inhaling the new; get rid of the stale and take in the fresh6.(旧识; 老朋友) old friend 短语和例子
一见如故 feel like old friends at the first meeting7.(姓氏) a surname 短语和例子
故清远 gu qingyuanⅡ动词
(死亡) die 短语和例子
亡故 pass away; 病故 die of illnessⅢ形容词
1.(原来的; 从前的; 旧的) former; ancient; old 短语和例子
故址 site (of an ancient monument, etc.); 黄河故道 the old course of the huanghe river; 依然故我 be still one's same old self2.(已死的) deceased 短语和例子
故友 one's deceased friendⅣ副词
(故意; 有意) purposely; intentionally 短语和例子
明知故犯 commit an offense knowingly; wilfully violate (a law or rule)Ⅴ连词
(所以; 因此) so; therefore; conseqently; hence; on the countrary 短语和例子
途中遇事耽搁, 故未能按期到达。 i was held up on the way and so i was late. 无私故能无畏。 fearlessness stems from selflessness.; only the selfless can be fearless