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

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