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  *越* | 越* | *越
to exceed / to climb over / to surpass / the more... the more
HSK 2
more and more
HSK 2
to surpass; to exceed; to transcend
HSK 5
to cross over / to transcend / to cover distance / to overcome / to rise above
HSK 7-9
to step across / step over
HSK 7-9
outstanding / surpassing / distinguished / splendid
HSK 7-9
superior / superiority
HSK 7-9
to pass through / to traverse / to cross
HSK 7-9
increasingly / more and more / ever more / all the more
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *越* | 越* | *越
generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods / abbr. for Vietnam 越南
to break out of prison / to jailbreak (an iOS device etc)
Yuexiu District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市, Guangdong
Vietnam
Shaoxing opera
cross country
to skip a grade / to bypass ranks / to go over the head of one's boss
to cross a border / to overstep a bound
Yuecheng district of Shaoxing city 紹興市|绍兴市, Zhejiang
to pass the winter / to overwinter / to live through the winter
to exceed
offside (sports)
Communist Party of Vietnam / Viet Cong
to cross a border (usually illegally) / to sneak in or out of a country
Vietnam War (1955-1975)
impassable / insurmountable / insuperable
to fly across / to fly over / to fly past / (literary) (of one's spirits) to soar
to cross / to surmount / to transcend
clear and melodious
to go beyond one's authority / arrogation
to usurp / to overstep one's authority
to jump over / to vault / to soar over
to run off the track / to step out of line / to overstep the bounds of propriety
to surmount obstacles / assault course for training troops
intense / loud
lit. to go beyond the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen (idiom); fig. to exceed one's place and meddle in other people's affairs / to take matters into one's own hands
to kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
to cross / to pass over / to traverse / trans-
not overstepping the prescribed limits / to remain within bounds
Sarawak, state of Malaysia in northwest Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲
to climb over / to get over (difficulties) / to scale / to surmount
Yuexiu District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市, Guangdong
South Vietnam / South Vietnamese
off-road vehicle
Yue state / generic term for states in south China or southeast Asia at different historical periods
North Vietnam / North Vietnamese
cranberry
to travel through time
(Buddhism) benefactor (designation of a lay person by a monk)
Vietnam War (1955-1975)
Qin Yueren (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills
cross country running
Vietnamese dong (currency)
Yuecheng district of Shaoxing city 紹興市|绍兴市, Zhejiang
time travel
Passover (Jewish holiday)
to leave one's seat
Yuexi County in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州|凉山彝族自治州, Sichuan
Adolph Abramovich Joffe (1883-1927), Soviet and Comintern diplomat and spy in 1922-23 in Republican China
lit. the more you touch things up, the darker they get / fig. to only make matters worse
to overstep etiquette / not to observe priorities
King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)
transcendental number (math.)
cross-country orienteering
Vietnamese written language / Vietnamese literature
escaped prisoner
cross-country running
breakthrough / going beyond / leap-forward / unusual new development
Vietnamese language, Tiếng Việt
to exceed one's authority / to go beyond the bounds of one's job
the more knowledgeable, the more reactionary (absurd anti-intellectual slogan attributed after the event to the Gang of Four 四人幫|四人帮)
cranberry
Baiyue, generic term for southern ethnic groups
snake melon
dare not go one step beyond the prescribed limit
outer transcendence (perfection through the agency of God)
Vietnamese written language / Vietnamese literature
Vietnamese-style
to be intensifying / to be getting worse and worse / to start to run rampant
China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam
inner transcendence (perfection through one's own inner moral cultivation, as in Confucianism, for example)
states of south China in different historical periods / proverbially perpetual arch-enemies
Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom); fig. cooperation between natural rivals / to collaborate towards a common end / in the same boat together
History of the Southern States Wu and Yue (traditional rivals), compiled by Han historian Zhao Ye 趙曄|赵晔, 10 extant scrolls
to climb hills and pass over mountains (idiom); to cross mountain after mountain / good at climbing mountains
time travel series (on TV)
lit. to pass over mountain ridges (idiom) / fig. hardships of the journey
the peoples north, west and south of China
large distance / disaster / calamity
transcendentalism
Vietnamese resident in other countries (including in China)
Koshihikari rice (variety of rice popular in Japan)
to exceed / to overstep the limit
Acanthorhodeus tonkinensis Vaillant (small carp)
Democratic Republic of Vietnam (aka North Vietnam), a country in Southeast Asia 1945-1976
Yuecheng mountain range between south Hunan and Guangxi
to be officious / to kibitz / to be meddlesome / to force one's help upon
cowberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)

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