created sense approved 典故 · diǎngù · allusion — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
典故
diǎngù
allusion
A classical story or quotation from literature that has a specific origin; the story behind a phrase or name.
典 (literal) → 典 · diǎn · allusion 故 (literal) → 故 · gù · incident
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition