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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
to feel sad / to feel unwell / (of life) to be difficult
HSK 2
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  *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
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  *過* | 過* | *過
(experienced action marker)
HSK 2
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 surpass / to exceed / to outstrip
HSK 2
to walk past / to pass by
HSK 2
to let off / to let slip by / to let sb get away with sth
HSK 7-9
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
to skate around / to skip over / to skimp
lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom) / fig. to take a risk-averse approach
to flit across / to sweep past / to glance (strike at an angle)
not an exaggeration / not excessive / not wide of the mark
to take the blame for sb else / to be made a scapegoat
to squeeze through / to force one's way through
(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
to have an easy time / (feel) well
to pass through
HSK 7-9
to distrust / to be suspicious
couldn't be better / ideal / wonderful
(idiom) to mention only very briefly; to skate over (a topic)
to pass through / to penetrate / by means of / via
HSK 7-9
to just scrape through with a narrow pass (in an exam)
excuse me (i.e. let me through, please)
satisfied just to get through (idiom); to muddle through / without high ambitions, but getting by
presentable / passable
to excel / to surpass
to be unable to breathe easily
to cross over / to transcend / to cover distance / to overcome / to rise above
HSK 7-9
to flash past / to flit by
can't persuade; unable to make (sb) change their mind; unable to resist (sb)
to make up for one's faults by doing good deeds (idiom)
to take the blame (for sb else)
HSK 7-9
to surmount / to cross over
to brush past
so angry it's unbearable / bitter about unbearable grievances
to turn over / to transform
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surname Guo
to brush past; to pass by (sb) / (fig.) to miss (an opportunity, a danger etc); to have a brush (with death)
to sweep past / to hurtle past / to swoosh past
to pass over / to skip
excessively / too
merits and demerits / contributions and errors
to jump over / to skip (a step, chapter etc)
a person of great moral stature does not remember the offenses committed by one of low moral stature
to filter
to pass (an exam)
cannot stand by idly and watch / unable to put up with it any longer / see 看不過去|看不过去
(dialect) except / besides
to exceed by far / to outclass
to fly over / to fly past
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 make up for an earlier mistake / to make amends
to pardon / to excuse / to forgive
(literary) to not repeat the same mistake
over (a certain age)
cannot conceal (a matter) from (sb)
shut oneself up and ponder over one's mistakes
surpassing by far
to give sb a demerit
to crash one's way through
to traverse
to crush sth by running over it
anyhow / in any event / just / only
to correct one's errors; to mend one's ways
trustworthy / reliable
little mistake / minor offense / slightly too much
to live independently / to live on one's own
serious mistake / major demerit
across / opposite / the other side
to acknowledge one's faults and correct them (idiom)
sin / offense
to whistle past / to hurtle past / to zip by
to meet with great difficulties but pull through
to put the blame on sb else
to swap places
to take (sth proffered)
to ford (a stream, river etc)
to face the wall and ponder about one's misdeeds / to stand in the corner (punishment) / (fig.) to examine one's conscience
Everyone makes mistakes (idiom)
to be unable to defeat; to be no match for (sb)
to repent; to be penitent
to reflect on one's past errors
to flash through (one's mind) / to dodge (away from pursuers)
to detour / to bypass / to circumvent / to avoid / to wind around (of a road etc)
variant of 諉過|诿过


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