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过不去

guò bu qù

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 3-character word Traditional 過不去

过不去 (guò bu qù) means "to make life difficult for; to embarrass; unable to make it through". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 过不去 means

1. to make life difficult for
2. to embarrass
3. unable to make it through

The characters in 过不去

• 过guòto cross; to go over; to pass (time)
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 去qùto go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last

Example sentences

• 他跟我过不去。
  Tā gēn wǒ guòbuqù.
  He is giving me a hard time.

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