Word: 过 (guo, guò, guō)

殖民地的百姓过得很苦。

Zhímíndì de bǎixìng guo de hěn kǔ.

The people in the colony lived a very hard life.

每个人都遇到过困难。

Měige rén dōu yùdàoguo kùnnan.

Everybody had a hard time.

水果不能带过海关。

Shuǐguǒ bùnéng dàiguò hǎiguān.

You can't take fruit through customs.

水流过石头，打起小旋涡。

Shuǐliú guò shítou, dǎ qǐ xiǎo xuánwō.

The water flows past the rocks, forming small eddies.

水田里的鳝鱼，没见过大江大河

shuǐtián lǐ de shànyú, méi jiànguò dàjiāng dàhé

an eel in a paddy field: has never seen a great river

沈括写过一本有名的书。

Shěnkuò xiěguo yìběn yǒumíng de shū.

Shen Kuo wrote a famous book.

没吃过猪肉，也见过猪跑

méi chīguo zhūròu, yě jiànguo zhū pǎo

haven't eaten pork, but have seen pigs run

没有人看过神。

Méiyǒu rén kànguo shén.

Nobody has seen God.

没有人能逃过衰老。

Méiyǒu rén néng táoguo shuāilǎo.

No one can escape growing old.

没有人问过我。

Méiyǒu rén wèn guò wǒ.

Nobody asked me.

没看过。

Méi kànguo.

I haven't seen it.

没碰过钉子不知道疼

méi pèngguo dīngzi bù zhīdào téng

if you've never hit a nail, you don't know it hurts

河水弯曲着流过那个小村子。

Héshuǐ wānqūzhe liú guò nàge xiǎo cūnzi.

The river winds its way past that little village.

河水涨得很高，快要漫过堤了。

Héshuǐ zhǎng de hěn gāo, kuàiyào mànguò dī le.

The river has risen so high that it's about to overflow the dike.

河面上有几条游船慢慢地开过。

Hémiàn shàng yǒu jǐ tiáo yóuchuán mànmàn de kāiguo.

Several pleasure boats were slowly passing along the river.

法国，我没去过。

Fǎguó, wǒ méi qùguo.

France, I haven't been to.

洞庭湖的麻雀，见过大风浪

Dòngtínghú de máquè, jiànguo dà fēnglàng

a sparrow of Lake Dongting: has seen great wind and waves

洪水势不可当，一下子冲过了桥。

Hóngshuǐ shìbùkědāng, yíxiàzi chōngguole qiáo.

The flood was irresistible and swept over the bridge in an instant.

海边的日出你看过吗？

Hǎibiān de rìchū nǐ kànguo ma?

Have you ever seen the sunrise at the seaside?

湘菜我吃过。

Xiāngcài wǒ chīguo.

I've eaten Hunan food before.

炼金术真的成功过吗？

Liànjīnshù zhēnde chénggōngguò ma?

Has alchemy ever really succeeded?

爬高山，过大河

pá gāoshān, guò dàhé

climb high mountains, cross great rivers

父不记子过

fù bú jì zǐ guò

a father doesn't hold his son's faults against him

父母不应该过多干扰孩子的选择。

Fùmǔ bù yīnggāiguo duō gānrǎo háizi de xuǎnzé.

Parents shouldn't interfere too much in their children's choices.

爷爷年轻时学过一门手工艺。

Yéye niánqīng shí xué guò yìmén shǒugōngyì.

When my grandfather was young, he learned a handicraft.

爷爷经历过那段风云岁月。

Yéye jīnglì guò nà duàn fēngyún suìyuè.

My grandfather lived through that turbulent period.

猫喜欢鱼多过肉。

Māo xǐhuan yú duō guò ròu.

The cat prefers fish to meat.

田中好像考过试了。

Tiánzhōng hǎoxiàng kǎoguò shìle.

It seems that Mr. Tanaka has taken his exam.

痛过，但是没现在这么厉害。

Tòngguò, dànshì méi xiànzài zhème lìhai.

It's ached before, but never as badly as right now.

白日莫闲过，青春不再来

báirì mò xián guò, qīngchūnbúzài lái

don't idle the daylight away; youth won't come again

皮鞋擦过以后有光泽了。

Píxié cāguo yǐhòu yǒu guāngzé le.

After being polished, the leather shoes have a gloss.

看过他表演的人，无不称赞。

Kànguo tā biǎoyǎn de rén, wúbù chēngzàn.

Everyone who has seen him perform praises him.

看过的人无不称赞它。

Kànguo de rén wúbù chēngzàn tā.

Everyone who has seen it praises it.

真穷好过，假富难当

zhēn qióng hǎoguò, jiǎ fù nándāng

real poverty is easy to get through, pretending to be rich is hard to bear

眼过千遍,不如手过一遍

yǎn guò qiān biàn,bùrú shǒu guò yíbiàn

eyes passing over it a thousand times is not as good as the hands doing it once

瞎闯过不了五关

xiāchuǎngguò bù liǎo wǔguān

blundering blindly won't get you through the five passes

祝你一天过得愉快。

Zhù nǐ yì tiān guò de yúkuài.

Have a nice day.

窗帘和地毯都重新换过了。

Chuānglián hé dìtǎn dōu chóngxīn huàn guò le.

Curtains and carpets were renewed.

立冬一过，天就冷了。

Lìdōng yí guò, tiān jiù lěngle.

Once Start of Winter has passed, it gets cold.

给我说说你去过的一些地方。

Gěi wǒ shuō shuō nǐ qùguo de yìxiē dìfang.

Tell me about some of the places you've visited.

绿灯亮了，你可以过马路了。

Lǜdēng liàngle, nǐ kěyǐ guò mǎlù le.

The light is green, so you can cross the road now.

美国我没去过。

Měiguó wǒ méi qùguo.

I haven't been to America.

老人小心翼翼地过了马路。

Lǎorén xiǎoxīn-yìyì de guò le mǎlù.

The old man walked across the road carefully.

老和尚念经,过一天算一天

lǎo héshang niànjīng,guò yì tiān suàn yì tiān

An old monk chanting sutras: just getting through one day at a time

老子说过要以德报怨。

Lǎozi shuōguo yào yǐdébàoyuàn.

Laozi said that one should return good for evil.

老师不可能说过这样的事。

Lǎoshī bù kěnéng shuōguo zhèyàng de shì.

The teacher cannot have said such a thing.

考试没过，但他没有丧失志气。

Kǎoshì méiguò, dàn tā méiyǒu sàngshī zhìqì.

He failed the exam, but he didn't lose his resolve.

考试没过，你别灰心。

Kǎoshì méiguò, nǐ bié huīxīn.

You didn't pass the exam, but don't lose heart.

耳听千遍，不如手过一遍

ěr tīng qiān biàn, bùrú shǒu guò yíbiàn

hearing a thousand times is not as good as going through it once by hand

胃里如同千军万马开过。

Wèi lǐ rútóng qiānjūn-wànmǎ kāiguo.

An army marches on its stomach.

自始至终，他都没有说过一句话。

Zìshǐzhìzhōng, tā dōu méiyǒu shuōguo yíjù huà.

From start to finish, he didn't say a single word.

自己说过的话都不记得了吗？

Zìjǐ shuōguo de huà dōu bú jìdele ma?

Don't you remember what you said?

自那以后他便过起了艰难的生活。

Zì nà yǐhòu tā biàn guò qǐle jiānnán de shēnghuó.

He led a hard life after that.

至少你试过了。

Zhìshǎo nǐ shìguole.

At least you've tried.

药效一过，孩子又发烧了。

Yàoxiào yí guò, háizi yòu fāshāole.

As soon as the medicine wore off, the child had a fever again.

要是你告诉过我就好了。

Yàoshi nǐ gàosuguo wǒ jiù hǎole.

I wish you had told me that.

见过鬼怕黑

jiànguo guǐ pà hēi

having seen a ghost, one fears the dark

观众席坐满了，连过道上都是人。

Guānzhòngxí zuò mǎnle, lián guò dào shàng dōu shì rén.

The stands were full, with people even in the aisles.

让我们惊讶的是她独自去过巴西。

Ràng wǒmen jīngyà de shì tā dúzì qùguo Bāxī.

It amazed us that she had been to Brazil alone.

说到田中先生，你最近见过他吗？

Shuō dào Tiánzhōng xiānsheng, nǐ zuìjìn jiànguo tā ma?

Talking of Mr Tanaka, have you seen him lately?

谁不想过无忧无虑的日子？

Shéi bùxiǎngguo wúyōuwúlǜ de rìzi?

Who doesn't want to live a carefree life?

赶着羊群过火焰山，往死里逼

gǎnzhe yángqún guò huǒyànshān, wǎngsǐlǐ bī

driving a flock of sheep across the Flaming Mountain: pushing them to death

躲过不是祸，是祸躲不过

duǒguò bú shì huò, shì huò duǒ búguò

if you can dodge it, it isn't a disaster; if it's a disaster, you can't dodge it

躲过这一灾，真不容易。

Duǒguo zhè yì zāi, zhēn bù róngyì.

It wasn't easy to escape this calamity.

转眼又过了一个十年。

Zhuǎnyǎn yòu guò le yí gè shínián.

Another ten years flew by.

过两天我们的食物就发完了。

Guò liǎng tiān wǒmen de shíwù jiù fā wánle.

After two days our food gave out.

过了一会，她就走进了我的房间。

Guò le yíhuì, tā jiù zǒujìnle wǒ de fángjiān.

Before long, she came into my room.

过了一会，那人就走进了房间。

Guò le yíhuì, nà rén jiù zǒujìnle fángjiān.

After a while, the man came into the room.

过了几天，我们离开了波士顿。

Guò le jǐtiān, wǒmen líkāile Bōshìdùn.

A few days later, we left Boston.

过了多长时间？

Guò le duō cháng shíjiān?

How much time has passed?

过了桥，汽车开始提速。

Guò le qiáo, qìchē kāishǐ tísù.

After crossing the bridge, the car began to pick up speed.

过了桥，车子慢慢开始提速了。

Guò le qiáo, chēzi mànmàn kāishǐ tísùle.

After crossing the bridge, the car slowly began to pick up speed.

过了立交桥，再往右拐。

Guò le lìjiāoqiáo, zài wǎng yòu guǎi.

After the overpass, turn right.

过了这个村儿，没这个店儿

guò le zhège cūn ér, méi zhège diàn ér

once past this village, there's no such inn

过了这个村，没这个店

guò le zhège cūn, méi zhège diàn

once past this village, there's no such inn

过了这条街道，就能看到我家了。

Guò le zhè tiáo jiēdào, jiù néng kàndào wǒjiā le.

Once you cross this street, you'll see my home.

过口岸时，请准备好你的护照。

Guò kǒu'àn shí, qǐng zhǔnbèi hǎo nǐ de hùzhào.

Please have your passport ready when you go through the border post.

过完年，工厂就开工了。

Guò wán nián, gōngchǎng jiù kāigōngle.

After the New Year, the factory resumes operation.

过富足的生活。

Guò fùzú de shēnghuó.

Live in affluence.

过年前，商店都换了新橱窗。

Guò niánqián, shāngdiàn dōu huàn le xīn chúchuāng.

Before the New Year, the shops all changed their window displays.

过年前，我们全家都要扫除。

Guò niánqián, wǒmen quánjiā dōu yào sǎochú.

Before the New Year, our whole family does a thorough cleaning.

过耳之言，不可听信

guò ěr zhī yán, bùkě tīngxìn

words that just pass the ear should not be believed

过马路不要跑。

Guò mǎlù búyào pǎo.

Don't run across the street.

过马路前往左往右都看看。

Guò mǎlù qiánwǎng zuǒ wǎng yòu dōu kànkan.

Look both ways before you cross the road.

过马路小心点总没有错的。

Guò mǎlù xiǎoxīn diǎn zǒng méiyǒu cuò de.

You cannot be too careful in crossing a street.

过马路时切记看红绿灯。

Guò mǎlù shí qièjì kàn hónglǜdēng.

When crossing the road, always remember to watch the traffic lights.

过马路时要留神车辆。

Guò mǎlù shí yào liúshén chēliàng.

Be careful of cars when you cross the road.

过马路时请小心。

Guò mǎlù shí qǐng xiǎoxīn.

Please be careful when crossing the street.

过马路要留心来往的车。

Guò mǎlù yào liúxīn láiwǎng de chē.

Watch out for passing cars when you cross the road.

这个我没听说过。

Zhège wǒ méi tīngshuōguo.

I haven't heard about that.

这个月你做过多少回？

Zhège yuè nǐ zuòguo duōshǎo huí?

How many times have you done that this month?

这个月我过得有点艰难。

Zhège yuè wǒ guò de yǒudiǎn jiānnán.

This month was kind of difficult.

这些照片被处理过。

Zhèxiē zhàopiān bèi chǔlǐguo.

These photos have been shopped.

这位剧作家写过很多有名的话剧。

Zhèwèi jùzuòjiā xiěguo hěn duō yǒumíng de huàjù.

This playwright has written many famous stage plays.

这位歌手拿过很多奖。

Zhèwèi gēshǒu náguo hěn duō jiǎng.

This singer has won many awards.

这位编剧写过很多话剧。

Zhèwèi biānjù xiěguo hěn duō huàjù.

This dramatist has written many stage plays.

这句俗话你听过吗？

Zhè jù súhuà nǐ tīngguo ma?

Have you heard this common saying?

这句名句我在书上读过。

Zhè jù míngjù wǒ zài shū shàng dúguo.

I've read this famous line in a book.

这台琴应该好多年没调过音了。

Zhè tái qín yīnggāi hǎo duōnián méi tiáoguo yīn le.

This piano has probably not been tuned for years.

这孩子从小就没见过亲生母亲。

Zhè háizi cóngxiǎo jiù méi jiànguo qīnshēng mǔqīn.

This child has never seen his birth mother since he was little.