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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.leave or pass by where the speaker or listener is for somewhere else
你在这等着,我过去看看。
Stay here and wait, and let me go have a look.
门口刚过去一辆小汽车。
A car just passed by outside the gate.
我过去看一看。
I'll go over and take a look.
- 2
n.former times; time earlier than the present time
过去的工作只是一个开端。
Past efforts are only a beginning.
过去我在这儿住过。
I used to live here.
现在和过去不同了。
Now it is different from the past.
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- 3
v.euphdie; pass away
他祖父昨天夜里过去了。
His grandfather passed away last night.
- 4
v.a past phase
半年过去了,工作才走上正轨。
Six months later, the work was on track.
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- 5
v.a situation that belongs to the past
最困难的时期已经过去了。
The most difficult period has passed.
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Word usage
- Note"去" is sometimes not read in the neutral tone in "过去".
- Separable word"过" and "去" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
有了这些收入,她的生活便过得去了。
She can get by on such an income.
入口处太窄,卡车过不去。
The truck couldn't get through the narrow entrance.
我并不是跟你过不去。
I didn't mean to be hard on you.