Results for “过”

to adopt / to give for adoption (usually to a childless relative)

to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiom) (abbr. for 過五關斬六將|过五关斩六将[guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng])

to have an easy time / (feel) well

to correct one's errors / to mend one's ways

to repent / to be penitent

trustworthy / reliable

to detour / to bypass / to circumvent / to avoid / to wind around (of a road etc)

to distrust / to be suspicious

premature / too soon

nothing can surpass

(idiom) nothing more than this / that's all / no big deal / not very impressive

to flit across / to sweep past / to glance (strike at an angle)

to brush past / to pass by (sb) / (fig.) to miss (an opportunity, a danger etc) / to have a brush (with death)

to act with undue haste (idiom) / eager and impatient / overhasty

to take (sth proffered)

to get away with it / to slip through / to bluff one's way out / Taiwan pr. [mēng hùn guò guān]

things change with the passage of time (idiom)

cannot be justified / inexcusable

(idiom) to parade oneself ostentatiously about town

on the other hand

to make up for an earlier mistake / to make amends

(idiom) to exaggerate / to overstate the facts

to go through the motions

not to be inferior in any aspects (idiom) / to surpass / to outdo / (derog.) to be even worse

(idiom) a thing should not be attempted more than three times / don't repeat the same mistake again and again / (idiom) bad things don't happen more than three times

to cross the sea by a trick (idiom) / to achieve one's aim by underhanded means

serious mistake / major demerit

later / after a while

to satisfy a craving with substitutes

past this village, you won't find this shop (idiom) / this is your last chance

past this village, you won't find this shop (idiom) / this is your last chance

lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)

too low

back issue (abbr. for 過期刊物|过期刊物[guò qī kān wù])

overwork

karoshi (loanword from Japanese), death from overwork

overweight from overwork (the supposition that white collar workers become fat as a consequence of factors associated with being under pressure at work, including irregular diet, lack of exercise and inadequate rest)

past participle (in European grammar)

(grammar) past tense / past-tense form

to appear in court for trial (old) / (of Buddhist monks) to have a meal together in the temple hall