过 過 guò to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too- syn 关掉 關掉 guān diào to switch off / to shut off syn 起飞 起飛 qǐ fēi (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off / to lift off / (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly syn 穿越 chuān yuè to pass through / to traverse / to cross syn 十字架 shí zì jià cross / crucifix / yoke one has to endure 甩掉 shuǎi diào to throw off / to abandon / to cast off / to get rid of / to dump syn 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 下台 下臺 xià tái to go off the stage / to fall from position of prestige / to step down (from office etc) / to disentangle oneself / to get off the hook syn 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 脱落 脫落 tuō luò to drop off / to fall off / (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out / to omit (a character when writing) 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 截断 截斷 jié duàn to break or cut in two / to sever / to cut off / (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc) / to interrupt / (math.) to truncate 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 送行 sòng xíng to see someone off / to throw someone a send-off party syn 红十字会 紅十字會 hóng shí zì huǐ Red Cross 下岗 下崗 xià gǎng (of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty / (of a worker) be to laid off syn 剥离 剝離 bō lí to peel / to strip / to peel off / to come off (of tissue, skin, covering etc) syn 翻越 fān yuè to cross / to surmount / to transcend syn 斜眼 xié yǎn to look askance / cross or wall-eyed 报数 報數 bào shù number off! (command in military drill) / count off! 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 扬长而去 揚長而去 yáng cháng ér qù to swagger off / to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind 横渡 橫渡 héng dù to cross (a body of water) 辟邪 bì xié to ward off evil spirits / mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅[pi2 xiu1]) 欢送 歡送 huān sòng to see off / to send off syn 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 脱皮 脫皮 tuō pí (of paint etc) to peel off / to flake off / (of an insect or snake etc) to molt / (of skin) to peel off due to hard labor, blistering or sunburn etc / (fig.) to go through a grueling experience syn 蜕皮 蛻皮 tuì pí skin cast off during molting / exuvium / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell 横截面 橫截面 héng jié miàn cross-section 漫无边际 漫無邊際 màn wú biān jì extremely vast / boundless / limitless / digressing / discursive / going off on tangents / straying far off topic syn 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 鱼目混珠 魚目混珠 yú mù hùn zhū to pass off fish eyes for pearls / to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom) 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) 摘下 zhāi xià to take off / to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc) / to pick (a piece of fruit from a tree etc) / (sports) to pick off (a rebound etc) 脱掉 脫掉 tuō diào to remove / to take off / to strip off / to discard / to shed / to come off / to fall off 送走 sòng zǒu to see off / to send off 过马路 過馬路 guò mǎ lù to cross the street 盘膝 盤膝 pán xī cross-legged 分拆 fèn chāi to separate off / to hive off / a demerger 渡河 dù hé to cross a river syn 十字绣 十字繡 shí zì xiù cross-stitch 开球 開球 kāi qiú open ball (math.) / to start a ball game / to kick off (soccer) / to tee off (golf) syn 打爆 dǎ bào to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc) 坠楼 墜樓 zhuì lóu to fall off or jump off a building 负气 負氣 fù qì in a pique / sulky / cross syn 跨境 kuà jìng cross-border 打跑 dǎ pǎo to run off rebuffed / to fend off / (to fight off and make sb) run off 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 横越 橫越 héng yuè to cross / to pass over / to traverse / trans- 剥掉 剝掉 bō diào to peel off / to strip off 刮掉 guā diào to scrape off / to shave off (whiskers etc) / (of the wind) to blow sth away 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 掰 bāi to break off or break open sth with one's hands / (fig.) to break off (a relationship) syn 岔 chà fork in road / bifurcation / branch in road, river, mountain range etc / to branch off / to turn off / to diverge / to stray (from the path) / to change the subject / to interrupt / to stagger (times) 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 蜕 蛻 tuì skin cast off during molting / exuvia / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell 盘诘 盤詰 pán jié to cross-examine (law) syn 搪 táng to keep out / to hold off / to ward off / to evade / to spread / to coat / to smear / to daub 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 出脱 出脫 chū tuō to manage to sell / to dispose of sth (by selling) / to get property off one's hands / to find excuses (to get off a charge) / to extricate sb (from trouble) / to vindicate / to become prettier (of child) syn 