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

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