Chinese Notes

过 (過) guò

guò verb to cross; to go over; to pass
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 度 (Guoyu '過' guò v 2; XH '过' guò 1; Unihan '過')
guò adverb too
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: In the sense of 太 (Guoyu '過' guò adv; XH '过' guò 3)
guò particle particle to indicate experience
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Aspectual Particle 动态助词
Notes: 过 is used after a verb to indicate the experience of something that has happened in the past at least once. It can only be used for events that are repeatable. For example, 去过中国 'went to China.' (Guoyu '過' guò part 2; Sun 2006, loc. 768; XH '过' guò 7)
guò verb to surpass; to exceed
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: In the sense of 超出 (Guoyu '過' guò v 3; XH '过' guò 4)
guò verb to experience; to pass time
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 经 (Guoyu '過' guò v 1; XH '过' guò 2)
guò verb to go
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '過' guò v 4)
guò noun a mistake
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 过 is synonymous with 错误 in this sense (Guoyu '過' guò n 1; XH '过' guò 6).
guò measure word a time; a round
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: In the sense of 次 of 回 (Guoyu '過' guò n 2; XH '过' guò 5)
guō proper noun Guo
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '過' guō 2; XH '过' guō)
guò verb to die
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 死亡 (Guoyu '過' guò v 5)
guò verb to shift
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 转移 (Guoyu '過' guò v 6)
guò verb to endure
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 忍受 (Guoyu '過' guò v 7)
guò verb to pay a visit; to call on
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 拜访 (Guoyu '過' guò v 8)

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服药过量(服藥過量) overdose of drugs
小过年(小過年) Lantern Festival
雨过天青(雨過天青) sky clears after rain; new hopes after a disastrous period; every cloud has a silver lining
知过改过(知過改過) to acknowledge one's faults and correct them
通过事后(通過事後) off-line
过户(過戶) transfer of ownership
得过且过(得過且過) satisfied to just get by
大过(大過) serious mistake; major demerit
不定过去(不定過去) aorist
过滤嘴香烟(過濾嘴香煙) filter-tipped cigarette
倒过儿(倒過兒) the wrong way round (back to front, inside out etc)
过瘾(過癮) to gratify; to satisfy
过硬(過硬) to have perfect mastery of something; to be up to the mark
过得(過得) How are you getting by?; How's life?; contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by; tolerably well
过早(過早) premature; untimely; over-hasty
一带而过(一帶而過) to skate around; to skip over; to skimp
过敏性休克(過敏性休克) anaphylactic shock
眼过劳(眼過勞) eye strain
心跳过缓(心跳過緩) bradycardia
大人不记小人过(大人不記小人過) a person of great moral stature does not remember the offenses committed by one of low moral stature
忙不过来(忙不過來) to have more work than one can deal with; to have one's hands full
走过(走過) to walk past; to pass by
悔过自新(悔過自新) repent and start afresh
过渡金属(過渡金屬) transition metal
过塑(過塑) (stationery) to laminate
矫枉过正(矯枉過正) to overcorrect; to overcompensate
不过(不過) but; however ; only; merely; no more than ; not exceeding ; used for emphasis
三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮(三個臭皮匠，賽過一個諸葛亮) three ignorant cobblers surpass a genius
过低(過低) too low
过去时(過去時) past tense
掉过(掉過) to swap places
泥菩萨过江，自身难保(泥菩薩過江，自身難保) like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety
过桥(過橋) to cross a bridge
言过其实(言過其實) to exaggerate; to overstate the facts
过勿惮改(過勿憚改) when you have faults, do not fear to correct them
摸石头过河(摸石頭過河) crossing the river by feeling for stones; improvise by trial-and-error; move cautiously
渡过(渡過) to cross over; to pass through
过敏性(過敏性) hypersensitive; allergic reaction; anaphylaxis
过问(過問) to get involved with
过日(過日) pass the days ; spend a few days
过去经验(過去經驗) past experience
单过(單過) to live independently; to live on one's own
穿过(穿過) to pass through
过敏性反应(過敏性反應) allergic reaction; hypersensitive reaction; anaphylaxis
过关斩将(過關斬將) to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)
过税(過稅) transit tax
过房(過房) to adopt; to give for adoption (usually to a childless relative)
功过(功過) merit and demerit; contributions and errors
过夜(過夜) to spend the night; overnight
低空飞过(低空飛過) to just scrape through with a narrow pass (in an exam)

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昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 36
襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 30
卷三百〇九列傳第一百九十七流賊李自成張獻忠 Volume 309 Biographies 197: Traitors - Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong History of Ming 明史 — count: 30
卷六十三　志第十五: 　地理六 Volume 63 Treatises 16: Geography 6 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 28
卷四十 Scroll 40 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 25
卷八　齊一 Chapter 8: Qi I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 22
第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 22
卷四十一 Scroll 41 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 21
第四十三回 Chapter 43 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 20
卷四十二 Scroll 42 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 20

Collocations

过郑 (過鄭) 不敢過鄭 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 5
过宋 (過宋) 過宋都 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
公子过 (公子過) 陳人殺其大夫公子過 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
寿过 (壽過) 越大夫常壽過 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
师过 (師過) 將有西師過軼我 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
过三 (過三) 過三澨 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書禹貢 Xia Shu - Tribute of Yu — count: 3
趋过 (趨過) 趨過指之曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 2
子产过 (子產過) 子產過女 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 2
过朝 (過朝) 使婦人載以過朝 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 2
五过 (五過) 正于五過 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書呂刑 Zhou Shu - Marquis of Lu on Punishments — count: 2