不过

bù guò

HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 2

Definitions

1. only
2. merely
3. no more than
4. but
5. however
6. anyway (to get back to a previous topic)
7. cannot be more (after adjectival)

Words Containing 不过

• 胳膊拧不过大腿 gē bo nǐng bu guò dà tuǐ: (idiom) the weak cannot overcome the strong
• 不过如此 bù guò rú cǐ: (idiom) nothing more than this; that's all; no big deal; not very impressive
• 再好不过 zài hǎo bù guò: couldn't be better
• 事不过三 shì bù guò sān: a thing should not be attempted more than three times (idiom)
• 不过尔尔 bù guò ěr ěr: not more than so-so (idiom); mediocre
• 喘不过气来 chuǎn bu guò qì lái: to be unable to breathe
• 看不过去 kàn bu guò qu: cannot stand by idly and watch
• 信不过 xìn bù guò: to distrust
• 说不过去 shuō bu guò qù: cannot be justified
• 拗不过 niù bu guò: can't persuade
• 躲过初一，躲不过十五 duǒ guò chū yī , duǒ bù guò shí wǔ: see 躲得過初一，躲不過十五|躲得过初一，躲不过十五[duǒ de guò chū yī , duǒ bù guò shí wǔ]
• 躲得过初一，躲不过十五 duǒ de guò chū yī , duǒ bù guò shí wǔ: lit. you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out (idiom)
• 不过意 bù guò yì: to be sorry; to feel apologetic
• 杀人不过头点地 shā rén bù guò tóu diǎn dì: It's all exaggeration, you don't need to take it seriously
• 打不过 dǎ bu guò: unable to defeat
• 喘不过 chuǎn bu guò: to be unable to breathe easily
• 只不过 zhǐ bu guò: only
• 看不过 kàn bu guò: cannot stand by idly and watch
• 左不过 zuǒ bu guò: anyhow
• 数不过来 shǔ bù guò lái: can't manage to count
• 气不过 qì bu guò: so angry it's unbearable
• 砍头不过风吹帽 kǎn tóu bù guò fēng chuī mào: to regard decapitation as no more important than the wind blowing off your hat (idiom)
• 瞒不过 mán bù guò: cannot conceal (a matter) from (sb)
• 忙不过来 máng bù guò lái: to have more work than one can deal with
• 富不过三代 fù bù guò sān dài: wealth never survives three generations (idiom)

Child Words of 不过

• 过 guò: to cross
• 不 bù: no; not so
• 过 guo: (experienced action marker)