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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *过* | 过* | *过
to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too-
HSK 1
to surpass / to exceed / to outstrip
HSK 2
to pass through; to get through / to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) / to pass (a test) / by means of; through; via
HSK 2
to pass / to go through / process / course / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
(in the) past; former; previous / to go over; to pass by
HSK 2
to come over / to manage / to handle / to be able to take care of
HSK 2
to feel sad / to feel unwell / (of life) to be difficult
HSK 2
to walk past / to pass by
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *过* | 过* | *过
(experienced action marker)
HSK 2
to celebrate the Chinese New Year
HSK 2
only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival)
HSK 2
course of events / process / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
excessive; undue / unduly; overly
HSK 4
to pass / to spend (time) / to survive / to get through
HSK 4
only; merely; nothing but; no more than / it's just that ...
HSK 5
excessively; too
HSK 5
(medicine) allergic; hypersensitive / (fig.) oversensitive; prone to overreact
HSK 5
excessive / over- / excess / going too far / extravagant / intemperate / overdue
HSK 5
after the event
HSK 6
to miss (train, opportunity etc)
HSK 6
to cross over (by ferry) / transition / interim / caretaker (administration)
HSK 6
old-fashioned / out of date / to be later than the time stipulated or agreed upon
HSK 6
to pass by or through
HSK 6
to cross over / to transcend / to cover distance / to overcome / to rise above
HSK 7-9
to be overdue / to exceed the time limit / to expire (as in expiration date)
HSK 7-9
to let off / to let slip by / to let sb get away with sth
HSK 7-9
to pass through / to penetrate / by means of / via
HSK 7-9
mistake / fault / responsibility (for a fault)
HSK 7-9
to celebrate a festival / after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over)
HSK 7-9
over fifty percent / more than half
HSK 7-9
conversely / in reverse order / in an opposite direction
HSK 7-9
to be excessive; to be more than is required
HSK 7-9
to take the blame (for sb else)
HSK 7-9
to have perfect mastery of sth / to be up to the mark
HSK 7-9
to feel very apologetic
HSK 7-9
to overpraise / to flatter
HSK 7-9
to satisfy a craving / to get a kick out of sth / gratifying / immensely enjoyable / satisfying / fulfilling
HSK 7-9
to cross over / to pass through
HSK 7-9
to overdo it / to overstep the limit / excessively / above one's head / overhead
HSK 7-9
to filter
HSK 7-9
to pass through
HSK 7-9
nothing can surpass
HSK 7-9
to go through the motions
HSK 7-9
to make life difficult for / to embarrass / unable to make it through
HSK 7-9
to pass through a country's territory / transit
HSK 7-9
error / fault / (law) negligence / delinquency
HSK 7-9
to come and go / to have friendly relations with / in the past / previous
HSK 7-9
to live one's life / to pass one's days / to get along
HSK 7-9
premature; untimely / (dialect) to have breakfast; breakfast
HSK 7-9
passageway / corridor / aisle
HSK 7-9
to cross a barrier / to get through (an ordeal) / to pass (a test) / to reach (a standard)
HSK 7-9
toll (fee for using a road)
past experience
to sweep past / to hurtle past / to swoosh past
to give sth only cursory attention / to treat sth as not very significant
to die / to pass away
ephemeral (idiom)
little mistake / minor offense / slightly too much
to meet with great difficulties but pull through
Yang Guo, protagonist of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" 神鵰俠侶|神雕侠侣 / (used jocularly as a verb "to have tested positive", since 楊|杨 and 陽|阳 are homonyms)
to play house
too low
to transfer ownership (of a vehicle, securities etc); (real estate) conveyancing
(verb suffix)
can't manage to count / too many to count
overload
too many; excessive
to weigh sth
lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
(Tw) edible fern fronds (fiddleheads), specifically Diplazium esculentum
to overcorrect (idiom) / to overcompensate
too clever by half; excessive ingenuity
too high
process of change
to surmount / to cross over
to pass through a doorway / (of a woman) to marry / orchestral music interlude in an opera
interlude / to cross the stage / to do sth as a mere formality / to go through the motions
peroxide
being late is not acceptable (idiom)
benzoil peroxide
to fly over / to fly past
past tense (grammar)
drastic / extreme / aggressive
a white steed flits past a crack (idiom); How time flies!
excessive
exaggeration
to spend the night / overnight
to have an easy time / (feel) well
too hot / (fig.) (economics) overheated / (physics) to superheat
to correct one's errors; to mend one's ways
to cross the sea by a trick (idiom) / to achieve one's aim by underhanded means
merits and demerits / contributions and errors
to give sb a demerit
to get through the winter
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
passing traveler / transient guest / sojourner
excessive
serious mistake / major demerit
peroxy- / peroxide (chemistry)

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