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横跨

héng kuà

2-character word Traditional 橫跨

What 横跨 means

1. to span
2. to stretch across
3. to travel across

The characters in 横跨

• 横hénghorizontal; across; crosswise
• 跨kuàto step across; to stride over; to straddle

Example sentences

• 工程横跨了两个世纪才完成，
  Gōngchéng héngkuà le liǎng gè shìjì cái wánchéng,
  The construction straddled two centuries.
• 他们建了一座横跨河流的桥。
  Tāmen jiàn le yī zuò héngkuà héliú de qiáo.
  They built a bridge across the river.
• 阿尔卑斯山脉横跨八个欧洲国家。
  The Alps extend across eight European countries.
• 苏州河是上海的母亲河，弯弯曲曲横跨流过市中心。
  Sūzhōu Hé shì Shànghǎi de mǔqīn hé, wānwānqūqū héngkuà liú guo shìzhōngxīn.
  River Suzhou is Shanghai's "mother river"; twisting and turning, it stretches across and flows through the city center.