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渡

dù

HSK 3.0 Level 6

Definitions

1. to cross
2. to pass through
3. to ferry

Example Sentences

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他們渡河前進。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 795857)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.

Words Containing 渡

暗渡陈仓

àn dù chén cāng

lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[wèi hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[liú bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[xiàng yǔ] of Chu)

ferry

to swim across

Ghosts' festival on 15th day of 7th moon

引渡

yǐn dù

to extradite

明修栈道，暗渡陈仓

míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù chén cāng

lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[wèi hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[liú bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[xiàng yǔ] of Chu)

偷渡者

tōu dù zhě

smuggled illegal alien

渡鸦

dù yā

(bird species of China) common raven (Corvus corax)

官渡

guān dù

Guandu district of Kunming city 昆明市[kūn míng shì], Yunnan

普渡大学

pǔ dù dà xué

Purdue University