变故
biàngù
an unforeseen event; accident; misfortune
Characters in this word
故 gù
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 古 old, classic, ancient 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 突如其来的家庭变故打乱了他的留学计划。 Tūrúqílái de jiātíng biàngù dǎluàn le tā de liúxué jìhuà. A sudden family misfortune disrupted his plan to study abroad.
- 家里发生变故后，他不得不放弃学业去打工。 Jiālǐ fāshēng biàngù hòu, tā bùdébù fàngqì xuéyè qù dǎgōng. After misfortune struck his family, he had to give up his studies and go to work.
- 这几年她经历了不少变故，但依然保持乐观。 Zhè jǐ nián tā jīnglì le bù shǎo biàngù, dàn yīrán bǎochí lèguān. She has been through a lot of upheaval in recent years, but she stays optimistic.
Related words
- 变 biàn to change; to become
- 变成 biànchéng to turn into; to become
- 改变 gǎibiàn to change
- 变化 biànhuà change
- 变为 biànwéi to turn into
- 转变 zhuǎnbiàn to change; change
- 变动 biàndòng change
- 变质 biànzhì to go bad, to deteriorate
- 变革 biàngé to transform; transformation; reform
- 变更 biàngēng to change; to alter; change
- 变换 biànhuàn to change; to transform; to vary
- 变幻莫测 biànhuànmòcè unpredictable; constantly changing in unpredictable ways