Read Edit View history 典故 diǎngù allusion Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 典故 diǎngù 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 gǔdiǎnSynonym 故实 gùshí用典 yòngdiǎnReferenced by 事典 shìdiǎn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
典故 diǎngù 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 gǔdiǎnSynonym 故实 gùshí用典 yòngdiǎnReferenced by 事典 shìdiǎn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)