过 過 guò to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too- syn 边 邊 biān side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL:個|个[ge4] / simultaneously syn 界 jiè (bound form) boundary / border / (bound form) realm syn 穿越 chuān yuè to pass through / to traverse / to cross syn 边境 邊境 biān jìng frontier / border syn 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 边界 邊界 biān jiè boundary / border syn 海关 海關 hǎi guān customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 偷渡 tōu dù illegal immigration / to stowaway (on a ship) / to steal across the international border / to run a blockade 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 国界 國界 guó jiè national boundary / border between countries 越野 yuè yě cross country 出界 chū jiè to cross a border / (sport) to go out of bounds 开拓 開拓 kāi tuò to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons) syn 交锋 交鋒 jiāo fēng to cross swords / to have a confrontation (with sb) syn 花边 花邊 huā biān lace / decorative border syn 交界 jiāo jiè common boundary / common border 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 国境 國境 guó jìng national border / frontier syn 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 镶边 鑲邊 xiāng biān edge / border / to edge (with lace, embroidery etc) 鸿沟 鴻溝 hóng gōu (fig.) gulf / chasm / wide gap / (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚[Chu3] and Han 漢|汉[Han4] 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 接壤 jiē rǎng to border on syn 边城 邊城 biān chéng border town / remote town 边界线 邊界線 biān jiè xiàn boundary line / border line 滚边 滾邊 gǔn biān (of a dress etc) border, edging syn 边疆 邊疆 biān jiāng border area / borderland / frontier / frontier region syn 花坛 花壇 huā tán decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape 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 边陲 邊陲 biān chuí border area / frontier syn 横贯 橫貫 héng guàn horizontal traverse / to cut across / to cross transversally 口岸 kǒu àn a port for external trade / a trading or transit post on border between countries syn 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 边关 邊關 biān guān border station / strategic defensive position on frontier syn 截面 jié miàn section / cross-section syn 鸭绿江 鴨綠江 yā lù jiāng Yalu River, forming part of the China-Korea border 界碑 jiè bēi boundary stone / table marking border syn 黑龙江 黑龍江 hēi lóng jiāng see 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1long2jiang1 Sheng3] / Heilong River or Amur River, forming the border between northeast China and Russia 挑花 tiǎo huā cross-stitch (embroidery) syn 哨卡 shào qiǎ border sentry post 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) 疆界 jiāng jiè border / boundary syn 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) 界河 jiè hé border river (between countries or regions) 游走 遊走 yóu zǒu to wander about / to roam / to move back and forth between (government and academia, two or more countries etc) / to flow through (a circuit, a network, the body) / to skirt (the border of legality) / (of a singer's voice) to move within its range / (of a stock price) to fluctuate within (a range) 过马路 過馬路 guò mǎ lù to cross the street 泸沽湖 瀘沽湖 lú gū hú Lugu Lake, alpine lake on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan 盘膝 盤膝 pán xī cross-legged 南疆 nán jiāng southern border (of a country) 渡河 dù hé to cross a river syn 边儿 邊兒 biān r side / edge / margin / border / boundary / proximity / thread (of ideas, plots etc) / see also 邊|边[bian1] 太行山 tài háng shān Taihang Mountains on the border between Hebei and Shanxi 十字绣 十字繡 shí zì xiù cross-stitch 边区 邊區 biān qū border area syn 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 中国海关 中國海關 zhōng guó hǎi guān Chinese customs (i.e. border police) 开城 開城 kāi chéng Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies 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 南岭 南嶺 nán lǐng Nanling mountain, on the border of Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi 冤家路窄 yuān jiā lù zhǎi lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom) / fig. rivals inevitably cross paths syn 贺兰山 賀蘭山 hè lán shān Helan Mountains, lying across part of the border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia 边防军 邊防軍 biān fáng jūn border guard / frontier army syn 三八线 三八線 sān bā xiàn 38th parallel, forming the DMZ border between North and South Korea 漂洋 piāo yáng to cross the ocean 沿边 沿邊 yán biān close to the border / along the border 划掉 劃掉 huà diào to cross out / to cross off 封疆 fēng jiāng border region / regional general acting as governor (in Ming and Qing times) 横越 橫越 héng yuè to cross / to pass over / to traverse / trans- 边检 邊檢 biān jiǎn border inspection / immigration inspection 