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故纸堆
故紙堆
gùzhǐduī
1. a pile of old books

Character Breakdown

故
gù
reason, cause; happening, instance
HSK 3 9 丶
纸
zhǐ
paper
HSK 2 7 丶
堆
duī
crowd, heap, pile, mass; to pile up; measure word for things in piles or stacks
HSK 5 11 丶

Compound Words (1)

钻故纸堆
zuāngùzhǐduī
to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom); to study old books and papers

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Chinese