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典故
diǎn​gù

allusion

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典故 diǎn​gù
allusion
A classical story or quotation from literature that has a specific origin; the story behind a phrase or name.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.660 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
1.80 per million

Cross-References

Same as

  • 古典 gǔ​diǎn

Synonym

  • 故实 gù​shí
  • 用典 yòng​diǎn

Referenced by

  • 事典 shì​diǎn

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)