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过河

guò hé

2-character word Traditional 過河

What 过河 means

1. to cross a river

The characters in 过河

• 过guòto cross; to go over; to pass (time)
• 河hériver; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way

Example sentences

• 过河拆桥。
  Guòhé-chāiqiáo.
  Destroy one's bridges after one has crossed the river.
• 他乘小船过河。
  Tā chéng xiǎochuán guo hé.
  He crossed the river in a small boat.
• 我能游泳过河。
  I can swim across the river.
• 我们会坐船过河。
  We'll cross the river in a boat.
• 总得有过河的办法。
  There must be some way of traversing the river.
• 我们看到了珍游过河。
  We saw Jane swimming across the river.

Words starting with 过河

• 过河拆桥guò hé chāi qiáo(lit.) to destroy the bridge after crossing the river (idiom)…

Words containing 过河

• 摸着石头过河mō zhe shí tou guò héto wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom)…