故态 (gù tài) — one's former or usual attitude (literary)

Definition

Examples

• 他故态复萌，又开始了以前的不良习惯。
  Tā gù tài fù méng, yòu kāi shǐ le yǐ qián de bù liáng xí guàn.
  His old attitude resurfaced, and he started his bad habits again.
• 经过这次教训，他不再坚持故态，开始改变。
  Jīng guò zhè cì jiào xùn, tā bú zài jiān chí gù tài, kāi shǐ gǎi biàn.
  After this lesson, he no longer insisted on his old attitude and began to change.
• 他的故态让同事们很不满。
  Tā de gù tài ràng tóng shì men hěn bù mǎn.
  His usual attitude made his colleagues very dissatisfied.

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