过 過 guò to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too- syn 穿越 chuān yuè to pass through / to traverse / to cross syn 部长 部長 bù zhǎng head of a (government etc) department / section chief / section head / secretary / minister / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] 十字架 shí zì jià cross / crucifix / yoke one has to endure 交叉 jiāo chā to cross / to intersect / to overlap syn 渡过 渡過 dù guò to cross over / to pass through syn 越过 越過 yuè guò to cross over / to transcend / to cover distance / to overcome / to rise above syn 盘问 盤問 pán wèn to interrogate / to cross-examine / to inquire syn 十字 shí zì cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten 济 濟 jì to cross a river / to aid or relieve / to be of help syn 越界 yuè jiè to cross a border / to overstep a bound 过渡 過渡 guò dù to cross over (by ferry) / transition / interim / caretaker (administration) syn 跨过 跨過 kuà guò to surmount / to cross over syn 断层 斷層 duàn céng fault (geology) (CL:道[dao4]) / (fig.) gap / rupture (in the transmission of some skill) / (tomography) cross-sectional 磨难 磨難 mó nàn a torment / a trial / tribulation / a cross (to bear) / well-tried syn 过关 過關 guò guān to cross a barrier / to get through (an ordeal) / to pass (a test) / to reach (a standard) syn 横穿 橫穿 héng chuān to cross / to traverse 越野 yuè yě cross country 出界 chū jiè to cross a border / (sport) to go out of bounds 尾部 wěi bù back part / rear section / tail section syn 交锋 交鋒 jiāo fēng to cross swords / to have a confrontation (with sb) syn 超标 超標 chāo biāo to cross the limit / to be over the accepted norm / excessive 红十字会 紅十字會 hóng shí zì huǐ Red Cross 翻越 fān yuè to cross / to surmount / to transcend syn 斜眼 xié yǎn to look askance / cross or wall-eyed 相交 xiāng jiāo to cross over (e.g. traffic) / to intersect / to make friends syn 越境 yuè jìng to cross a border (usually illegally) / to sneak in or out of a country 同舟共济 同舟共濟 tóng zhōu gòng jì cross a river in the same boat (idiom) / fig. having common interests / obliged to collaborate towards common goals syn 红十字 紅十字 hóng shí zì Red Cross syn 过场 過場 guò chǎng interlude / to cross the stage / to do sth as a mere formality / to go through the motions syn 横渡 橫渡 héng dù to cross (a body of water) 含辛茹苦 hán xīn rú kǔ to suffer every possible torment (idiom) / bitter hardship / to bear one's cross syn 瞒天过海 瞞天過海 mán tiān guò hǎi to cross the sea by a trick (idiom) / to achieve one's aim by underhanded means syn 横流 橫流 héng liú to overflow / transverse flow / to flow over / cross flow syn 横截面 橫截面 héng jié miàn cross-section 唇枪舌剑 唇槍舌劍 chún qiāng shé jiàn (idiom) to cross verbal swords / to have a heated verbal exchange syn 赌咒 賭咒 dǔ zhòu to swear to God / to cross one's heart syn 横贯 橫貫 héng guàn horizontal traverse / to cut across / to cross transversally 切面 qiē miàn section / cross-cut / tangent plane (math.) syn 盘腿 盤腿 pán tuǐ to sit cross-legged / to sit in the lotus position syn 截面 jié miàn section / cross-section syn 挑花 tiǎo huā cross-stitch (embroidery) syn 过五关斩六将 過五關斬六將 guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) 纵横驰骋 縱橫馳騁 zòng héng chí chěng to criss-cross / to run unhindered across the whole country syn 桁架 héng jià truss (weight-bearing construction of cross-beams) 过马路 過馬路 guò mǎ lù to cross the street 盘膝 盤膝 pán xī cross-legged 渡河 dù hé to cross a river syn 十字绣 十字繡 shí zì xiù cross-stitch 负气 負氣 fù qì in a pique / sulky / cross syn 跨境 kuà jìng cross-border 跨部门 跨部門 kuà bù mén cross-practice 纵贯 縱貫 zòng guàn lit. warp string in weaving / fig. vertical or north-south lines / to pass through / to cross lengthwise / to pierce (esp. north-south or top-to-bottom) syn 横断 橫斷 héng duàn to cross (a road, an ocean etc) / to cut across 冤家路窄 yuān jiā lù zhǎi lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom) / fig. rivals inevitably cross paths syn 漂洋 piāo yáng to cross the ocean 划掉 劃掉 huà diào to cross out / to cross off 横越 橫越 héng yuè to cross / to pass over / to traverse / trans- 十字形 shí zì xíng cruciform / cross shape 斗鸡眼 鬥雞眼 dòu jī yǎn cross-eye 竞渡 競渡 jìng dù rowing competition / boat race / swimming competition (e.g. to cross river or lake) syn 超 chāo to exceed / to overtake / to surpass / to transcend / to pass / to cross / ultra- / super- syn 渡 dù to cross / to pass through / to ferry syn 横 橫 héng horizontal / across / crosswise / horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) / to place (sth) flat (on a surface) / to cross (a river, etc) / in a jumble / chaotic / (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable / violent syn 叉 chā fork / pitchfork / prong / pick / cross / intersect / "X" syn 叉 chá to cross / be stuck syn 逾 yú to exceed / to go beyond / to transcend / to cross over / to jump over syn 桁 héng pole plate / purlin (cross-beam in roof) / ridge-pole syn 盘诘 盤詰 pán jié to cross-examine (law) syn 两面三刀 兩面三刀 liǎng miàn sān dāo two-faced, three knives (idiom) / double-cross / double dealing and back stabbing syn 狮虎兽 獅虎獸 shī hǔ shòu liger, hybrid cross between a male lion and a tigress 虎狮兽 虎獅獸 hǔ shī shòu tigon or tiglon, hybrid cross between a male tiger and a lioness 纵断面 縱斷面 zòng duàn miàn vertical section / longitudinal section syn 吃里爬外 吃裡爬外 chī lǐ pá wài to work against the interests of sb one derives support from / to double-cross one's employer / to bite the hand that feeds you syn 跏 jiā to sit cross-legged 徜 cháng sit cross-legged / walk back and forth 檩 檁 lǐn cross-beam / ridge-pole syn 踰 yú variant of 逾, to exceed / to transcend / to cross over / variant of 窬, slit in wall 间 間 jiān between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms syn 部 bù ministry / department / section / part / division / troops / board / classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc syn 部门 部門 bù mén department / branch / section / division / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 科 kē branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb / CL:個|个[ge4] 内部 內部 nèi bù interior / inside (part, section) / internal syn 阶段 階段 jiē duàn stage / section / phase / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 小队 小隊 xiǎo duì section (UK) 目 mù eye / (literary) to look / to regard / eye (of a net) / mesh / mesh size / grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]) / item / section / list / catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name / title syn 中部 zhōng bù middle part / central section / central region syn 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn 片断 片斷 piàn duàn section / fragment / segment syn 切片 qiē piàn to slice / slice / thin section of a specimen (for microscopic examination) syn 截取 jié qǔ to cut off a section of sth 章节 章節 zhāng jié chapter / section syn 科长 科長 kē zhǎng section chief / CL:個|个[ge4] 地段 dì duàn section / district syn 篇章 piān zhāng chapter / section (of a written work) / passage of writing / (fig.) chapter (in the history of sth) syn 小卖部 小賣部 xiǎo mài bù kiosk / snack counter / retail department or section inside a larger business syn 地皮 dì pí lot / section of land / ground syn 条文 條文 tiáo wén clause / explanatory section in a document syn 处长 處長 chù zhǎng department head / section chief