如故

rúgù

adjective #48,784

Meanings

1 as before; unchanged
2 like old friends

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

十年后我回到家乡，发现一切如故。

Shí nián hòu wǒ huídào jiāxiāng, fāxiàn yíqiè rúgù.

Ten years later I went back to my hometown and found everything as it had been.

HSK 6

他犯了错，老板却待他如故。

Tā fàn le cuò, lǎobǎn què dài tā rúgù.

He made a mistake, but his boss treated him just as before.

Tips

usage

In 一见如故 'to get on like old friends at first meeting', 故 means 'old friend', as in 故人. Elsewhere it means 'as before', as in 依然如故 'just the same as ever'.

Stroke Order

如 rú

故 gù