Results for “过”

to acknowledge one's faults and correct them (idiom)

to overcorrect (idiom) / to overcompensate

see 矯枉過正|矫枉过正[jiǎo wǎng guò zhèng]

to regard decapitation as no more important than the wind blowing off your hat (idiom)

to crush sth by running over it

jumpy / nervous / oversensitive

lit. as the autumn breeze passes the ear (idiom) / not in the least concerned

to overturn / to turn upside down

lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom) / fig. everyone detests a lowlife

to pass (an exam)

to accept criticism gladly (humble expr.) / to be happy when one's errors are pointed out

too clever by half / excessive ingenuity

(idiom) the weak cannot overcome the strong

hay fever

even heroes have a weakness for the charms of a beautiful woman (idiom)

to give sb a demerit

acceptable / passable / justifiable / (of a course of action) to make sense

to put the blame on sb else

to jump over / to skip (a step, chapter etc)

lit. you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out (idiom) / fig. you can't put it off forever / sooner or later you'll have to deal with it

see 躲得過初一，躲不過十五|躲得过初一，躲不过十五[duǒ de guò chū yī , duǒ bù guò shí wǔ]

(idiom) to survive a calamity / to get through a crisis

during holidays and festivals / on festive occasions such as New Year

to exceed by far / to outclass

surpassing by far

to flash through (one's mind) / to dodge (away from pursuers)

shut oneself up and ponder over one's mistakes

to crash one's way through

to meet with great difficulties but pull through

excessive self-defense (self-defense with excessive force)

(dialect) except / besides

lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose / fig. to seize any opportunity / pragmatic

sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天青|雨过天青[yǔ guò tiān qīng]

sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天晴|雨过天晴[yǔ guò tiān qíng]

to face the wall and ponder about one's misdeeds / to stand in the corner (punishment) / (fig.) to examine one's conscience

have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals (proverb)

to pardon / to excuse / to forgive

myeloperoxidase (aka MPO) (molecular biology)

variant of 過分|过分[guò fèn]

lit. Notes on Passing the Hall, historical jottings by 12th century Southern Song poet Fan Gongcheng 范公偁[Fàn Gōng chēng], containing moral instructions derived from great men of Song dynasty