过 guò
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 寸 inch
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
过不去
guòbuqù
unable to get past; to be hard on someone
Characters in this word
不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这道坎儿如果心理上过不去，后续训练很难真正恢复。 Zhè dào kǎnr rúguǒ xīnlǐ shàng guòbuqù, hòuxù xùnliàn hěn nán zhēnzhèng huīfù. If this hurdle cannot be overcome psychologically, later training will be very hard to resume properly.
- 前面的桥断了，车子根本过不去。 Qiánmiàn de qiáo duàn le, chēzi gēnběn guòbuqù. The bridge ahead is broken and cars simply can't get across.
- 他为什么总跟我过不去，我也不知道。 Tā wèishénme zǒng gēn wǒ guòbuqù, wǒ yě bù zhīdào. I don't know why he is always making things hard for me.
Related words
- 过 guò to cross, to pass; to spend (time), to celebrate
- 不过 búguò but; however
- 超过 chāoguò to exceed; to overtake
- 过来 guòlái to come over
- 过年 guònián to celebrate Chinese New Year
- 过去 guòqù to go over; to pass by
- 过 guo ever (past experience marker)
- 见过 jiànguo to have seen before
- 经过 jīngguò to pass by; to go through
- 难过 nánguò sad
- 通过 tōngguò to pass; through
- 走过 zǒuguò to walk past