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越
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Definitions
- 1. generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods
- 2. to exceed
- 3. to climb over
- 4. to surpass
- 5. the more... the more
Example Sentences
1 shown後面 越 來 越 難。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 越
time travel series (on TV)
offside (sports)
to cross
Yue state
to be intensifying
Koshihikari rice (variety of rice popular in Japan)
breakthrough
cowberry
History of the Southern States Wu and Yue (traditional rivals), compiled by Han historian Zhao Ye 趙曄|赵晔[zhào yè], 10 extant scrolls
King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
Vietnamese resident in other countries (including in China)
Shaoxing opera
lit. to leap the house and cross the roofridge (idiom); dashing over rooftops (of robbers and pursuing knight-errant 俠客|侠客 in fiction)
Yuexi county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[liáng shān yí zú zì zhì zhōu], south Sichuan
not overstepping the prescribed limits
lit. to go beyond the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen (idiom); fig. to exceed one's place and meddle in other people's affairs
South Vietnam
snake melon
to kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
transcendentalism
Vietnamese written language
dare not go one step beyond the prescribed limit
superior
Adolph Abramovich Joffe (1883-1927), Soviet and Comintern diplomat and spy in 1922-23 in Republican China
to surpass
to fly across
to usurp
impassable
cross country running
increasingly
Vietnamese dong (currency)
to jump over
to exceed
time travel
transcendental number (math.)
cranberry
states of south China in different historical periods
Vietnam War (1955-1975)
cross-country running
to step across
Yuexiu District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[guǎng zhōu shì], Guangdong
the peoples north, west and south of China
to cross a border (usually illegally)
see 沙撈越|沙捞越[shā lāo yuè]
to skip a grade
Democratic Republic of Vietnam (aka North Vietnam), a country in Southeast Asia 1945-1976
Acanthorhodeus tonkinensis Vaillant (small carp)
to cross a border
to pass the winter
clear and melodious
Vietnam War (1955-1975)
to climb hills and pass over mountains (idiom); to cross mountain after mountain
Communist Party of Vietnam
outer transcendence (perfection through the agency of God)
Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)
intense
Vietnamese language, Tiếng Việt
to go beyond one's authority
Vietnam
the more knowledgeable, the more reactionary (absurd anti-intellectual slogan attributed after the event to the Gang of Four 四人幫|四人帮[sì rén bāng])
cross-country orienteering
to surmount obstacles
to cross over
lit. to pass over mountain ridges (idiom)
(Buddhism) benefactor (designation of a lay person by a monk)
Vietnamese written language
outstanding
to climb over
to leave one's seat
to cross
to travel through time
off-road vehicle
North Vietnam
cross country
to exceed one's authority
to be officious
Yuecheng district of Shaoxing city 紹興市|绍兴市[shào xīng shì], Zhejiang
to run off the track
Yuecheng district of Shaoxing city 紹興市|绍兴市[shào xīng shì], Zhejiang
Sarawak, state of Malaysia in northwest Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲
Passover (Jewish holiday)
escaped prisoner
Yuexi county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[liáng shān yí zú zì zhì zhōu], south Sichuan
Baiyue, generic term for southern ethnic groups
Yuexiu District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[guǎng zhōu shì], Guangdong
inner transcendence (perfection through one's own inner moral cultivation, as in Confucianism, for example)
China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam
more and more
Yuecheng mountain range between south Hunan and Guangxi
to break out of prison
to fall deeper and deeper (in debt, in love etc)
to pass through
to exceed
lit. the more you touch things up, the darker they get
to overstep etiquette
Qin Yueren (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills
cranberry
Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom); fig. cooperation between natural rivals