故技

gùjì

noun #33,170

Meanings

1 old trick
2 stale ploy
3 the same old routine

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

他又故技重演，想骗我们。

Tā yòu gùjì chóngyǎn, xiǎng piàn wǒmen.

He's pulling the same old trick again, trying to fool us.

HSK 5

这种故技骗不了人了。

Zhèzhǒng gùjì piàn bù liǎo rén le.

This stale ploy can't fool anyone anymore.

Tips

usage

Almost always appears in the set phrase 故技重演 - "trotting out the same old trick." Carries a clearly negative tone: a tired tactic the speaker has seen before. Also written 故伎 with the same meaning.

Stroke Order

故 gù

技 jì