世故

the ways of the world
sophisticated / worldly-wise

Characters and words in 世故

surname Shi
life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble

= 廿 + L : Mnemonic symbol: the WTO or WHO.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) is cleaning a flower pot (廿) under the shower of the space station's bathroom (Ø4) with a loofah (L) because he didn't quite understand a poster next to the shower from the WHO (世) explaining dangers arising from different germs.

In this case, L is for loofah.
happening / instance / reason / cause / intentional / former / old / friend / therefore / hence / (of people) to die, dead

= + : Mnemonic symbol: This character only appears in 做, so we don't need a strong mnemonic symbol. We should be able to refer to 故 when we think of 故事 or 故意. Because it fits nicely to its components, I'll think of it as in the meaning of 故墓, an old grave.

= + : There is an ancient cloister in the space station's bathroom, and Gitta Giraffe once heard a story from her fellow astronauts that there's an old tomb inside with lots of treasure. One day she can't hold herself back anymore and deliberately breaks the cloister open using a sledgehammer.

Words with 世故

unworldly / unsophisticated
worldly wisdom / the ways of the world / to know how to get on in the world
experienced in the ways of the world (idiom); worldly-wise / sophisticated

Sentences with 世故

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