告ɡàoⅠ ❶ (解说；陈述) inform;tell;notify:通 ～ inform;announce；
忠 ～ sincerely advise；
电 ～ inform by telegraph;cable；
何日启程，盼 ～。 Please inform me of your date of departure.
❷ (检举；控诉) accuse;sue:控 ～ charge;accuse;complain；
如果你不付给我钱，我就 ～ 你。 If you don't pay me the money,I'll sue you. 谁都知道他被诬 ～了。 Everybody knows he was wrongly accused.
❸ （请求） ask for;request;solicit:～ 援 ask for help
❹ （表明） make known:不 ～ 而别 leave without saying good-bye；
自 ～ 奋勇 volunteer to do sth.;offer one's free services
❺ （宣布） announce;declare;proclaim:～ 一段落 come to the end of a stage;be brought to a temporary close；
暂 ～ 休会 announce a recess for the moment Ⅱ ❶ （通知） announcement;declaration:通 ～ public notice；
广 ～ advertisement；
文 ～ statement by authority
❷ （姓氏） a surname:～ 不害 Gao Buhai
另见 see also ɡù。
◆告白 public notice；
告别 leave;part from [with];bid farewell to;say good-bye to；
告成 accomplish;complete；
告吹 fizzle out;fail；
告辞 farewell;take leave；
告贷 ask for a loan；
告贷无门 have no means to borrow money;nowhere to borrow money;nowhere to turn for loans [help];no place to borrow money from;There is nowhere the money can be borrowed from.；
告发 report (an offender);inform against;lodge an accusation against;delate；
告国人书 message to the nation；
告急 be in an emergency;report an emergency;ask for emergency help;make an urgent request for help in an emergency；
告假 ask for leave；
告捷 win victory;report a victory;announce a victory；
告诫[戒] warn;admonish;enjoin;counsel;dissuade from;exhort；
告警 report an emergency;give an alarm；
告竣 be completed；
告老 retire on account of age；
告老还乡 resign from office and return to one's native town [village];retire in one's old age;retire on account of old age and return to one's native place;retire from office and return to private life；
告密 inform against sb.;give secret information against sb.；
告罄 run out;be exhausted；
告饶 beg [sue] for mercy;ask pardon；
告示 official notice;bulletin;placard；
告诉 tell;let [make] know；
告退 ask for leave to withdraw from a meeting,etc.；
告知 inform;notify；
告终 come to an end;end up;conclude；
告状 go to law against sb.;bring a lawsuit against sb.;file a suit;sue;indict;lodge a complaint against sb. with his superior;complain of one's grievances
告ɡù（由上至下告知） officially announce
另见 see also ɡào。
◆告朔饩羊 the sheep offered when announcing the new moon — do something perfunctorily as a routine practice;do sth. for form's sake only |