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HSK
only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival)
HSK 2
to pass / to spend (time) / to survive / to get through
HSK 4
(in the) past; former; previous / to go over; to pass by
HSK 2
to celebrate the Chinese New Year
HSK 2
excessive / over- / excess / going too far / extravagant / intemperate / overdue
HSK 5
to feel sad / to feel unwell / (of life) to be difficult
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *過* | 過* | *過
to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too-
HSK 1
to pass through; to get through / to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) / to pass (a test) / by means of; through; via
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *過* | 過* | *過
(experienced action marker)
HSK 2
excessive; undue / unduly; overly
HSK 4
course of events / process / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
old-fashioned / out of date / to be later than the time stipulated or agreed upon
HSK 6
only; merely; nothing but; no more than / it's just that ...
HSK 5
to pass / to go through / process / course / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to feel very apologetic
HSK 7-9
to surpass / to exceed / to outstrip
HSK 2
to come over / to manage / to handle / to be able to take care of
HSK 2
to walk past / to pass by
HSK 2
(medicine) allergic; hypersensitive / (fig.) oversensitive; prone to overreact
HSK 5
lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom) / fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
to let off / to let slip by / to let sb get away with sth
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to parade oneself ostentatiously about town
to miss (train, opportunity etc)
HSK 6
to give sth only cursory attention / to treat sth as not very significant
to pass by or through
HSK 6
excessively; too
HSK 5
nothing can surpass
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to exaggerate; to overstate the facts
after the event
HSK 6
lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom) / fig. everyone detests a lowlife
to get away with it / to slip through / to bluff one's way out / Taiwan pr. [meng1 hun4 guo4 guan1]
to skate around / to skip over / to skimp
to overpraise / to flatter
HSK 7-9
lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom) / fig. to take a risk-averse approach
conversely / in reverse order / in an opposite direction
HSK 7-9
to make life difficult for / to embarrass / unable to make it through
HSK 7-9
supply exceeds demand
to filter
HSK 7-9
to celebrate a festival / after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over)
HSK 7-9
jumpy / nervous / oversensitive
to pass through a country's territory / transit
HSK 7-9
to flit across / to sweep past / to glance (strike at an angle)
to go through the motions
HSK 7-9
not an exaggeration / not excessive / not wide of the mark
to take the blame for sb else / to be made a scapegoat
error / fault / (law) negligence / delinquency
HSK 7-9
to squeeze through / to force one's way through
later / after a while
to be excessive; to be more than is required
HSK 7-9
(of a meteor etc) to streak across (the sky) / (of a searchlight, lightning etc) to play across (the sky)
to cross over / to pass through
HSK 7-9
cigarette filter; filter tip
to have a highly retentive memory / to have sth imprinted in one's memory
mistake / fault / responsibility (for a fault)
HSK 7-9
acceptable / passable / justifiable / (of a course of action) to make sense
wealth never survives three generations (idiom)
to have an easy time / (feel) well
to pass through
HSK 7-9
to distrust / to be suspicious
couldn't be better / ideal / wonderful
to come and go / to have friendly relations with / in the past / previous
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to mention only very briefly; to skate over (a topic)
(soccer) one-two / push-and-run
to pass through / to penetrate / by means of / via
HSK 7-9
over fifty percent / more than half
HSK 7-9
to be overdue / to exceed the time limit / to expire (as in expiration date)
HSK 7-9
to weigh sth
overwork
to just scrape through with a narrow pass (in an exam)
excuse me (i.e. let me through, please)
premature / too soon
obsession / excessive concern
lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
satisfied just to get through (idiom); to muddle through / without high ambitions, but getting by
to accept criticism gladly (humble expr.) / to be happy when one's errors are pointed out
lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose / fig. to seize any opportunity / pragmatic
overjoyed at unexpected good news (idiom)
allergic reaction / hypersensitive reaction / anaphylaxis
presentable / passable
transient
lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
(verb suffix)
transitional / bridging
previous sins
If one can change after making a mistake, there is nothing better (idiom)
past one's prime / has-been
have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals (proverb)
to excel / to surpass
the wrong way round (back to front, inside out etc)
(stationery) to laminate
to correct in the evening a fault of the morning (idiom) / to quickly amend one's ways
too clever by half; excessive ingenuity
(of birds) to migrate south for the winter
to be unable to breathe easily
(idiom) to cover up one's faults; to whitewash
hypersensitive / allergic reaction / anaphylaxis
hydrogen peroxide H2O2

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