created reference approved 托故/託故 → 借故 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
托故 / 託故 tuōgù
借故 jiègù
synonym
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created reference approved 托故/託故 → 藉口 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
托故 / 託故 tuōgù
藉口 jièkǒu
synonym
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 托故/託故 · tuōgù · to use as an excuse — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
托故 / 託故
tuōgù
to use as an excuse
To find a pretext or use something as an excuse; to do something under some pretense.
托 (literal) → 托/託 · tuō · to make an excuse 故 (literal) → 故 · gù · reason
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition