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 tōng guò to pass through / to get through / to adopt (a resolution) / to pass (legislation) / to pass (a test) / by means of / through / via
 jīng guò to pass / to go through / process / course / CL:個|个[ge4]
 guò qù (in the) past / former / previous / to go over / to pass by
 gōng gào post / announcement
 zhí wèi post / office / position
 gǎng wèi a post / a job
 zào xíng to model / to shape / appearance / style / design / form / pose
 zhí wù post / position / job / duties
 dù guò to pass / to spend (time) / to survive / to get through
 tiě zi card / invitation / message / (forum) post
 fā tiě to post (an item on a forum)
 tí chū to raise (an issue) / to propose / to put forward / to suggest / to post (on a website) / to withdraw (cash)
 yóu jiàn mail / post / email
 fā tiē to stick sth up (on the wall) / to post (on a noticeboard or website)
 tuī dòng to push (for acceptance of a plan) / to push forward / to promote / to actuate / CL:個|个[ge4]
 guò guān to cross a barrier / to get through (an ordeal) / to pass (a test) / to reach (a standard)
 wǎng rì former days / the past
 zhāng tiē to post (a notice) / to advertise
 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc)
 chuán gei to pass on (to sb) / to send / to pass (e.g. in football) / to give directly (by hand) / to deliver / to hand over / to transfer / to relay / to transmit / to hand on (to the next generation)
 liú shì (of time) to pass / to elapse
 tuī chū to push out / to release / to launch / to publish / to recommend
 xià lai to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders)
 gāo shǒu expert / past master / dab hand
 yóu xiāng mailbox / post office box / email / email inbox
 tuī jìn to impel / to carry forward / to push on / to advance / to drive forward
 guàn shuǐ to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums
 gāo zhòng to pass brilliantly (used in congratulatory fashion)
 bù zài not to be present / to be out / (euphemism) to pass away / to be deceased
 xìn xiāng mailbox / post office box
 jìn rì (in) the past few days / recently / (within) the next few days
 àn niǔ push button
 dān rèn to hold a governmental office or post / to assume office of / to take charge of / to serve as
 yǐ wǎng in the past / formerly
 jìn nián lái for the past few years
 shā fā sofa (loanword) / CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1] / (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post
 tòu guò to pass through / to penetrate / by means of / via
 liàng xiàng to strike a pose (Chinese opera) / (fig.) to make a public appearance / to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc) / (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc
 chuán dì to transmit / to pass on to sb else / (math.) transitive
 zǒu guò to walk past / to pass by
 yī xiàng always (previously) / a period of time in the recent past
 yǒng héng eternal / everlasting / fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die)
 suàn le let it be / let it pass / forget about it
 wǎng shì past events / former happenings
穿 chuān guò to pass through
 lù guò to pass by or through
 yóu jú post office / CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]
 zhè jǐ tiān the past few days
 duō nián lái for the past many years
 jué yì a resolution / to pass a resolution
 tuī kāi to push open (a gate etc) / to push away / to reject / to decline
 pàn jué judgment (by a court of law) / to pass judgment on / to sentence
 qù shì to pass away / to die
 xī rì former days / in the past
穿 chuān yuè to pass through / to traverse / to cross
 yóu jì to mail / to send by post
 chuán dá to pass on / to convey / to relay / to transmit / transmission
 shàng tiān Heaven / Providence / God / the day before / the sky above / to fly to the sky / to take off and fly into space / to die / to pass away
 zhuǎn fā to transmit / to forward (mail, SMS, packets of data) / to pass on / to republish (an article from another publication)
 shì jì deed / past achievement / important event of the past
 dé zui to offend sb / to make a faux pas / a faux pas / see also 得罪[de2 zui4]
 qián jǐ tiān a few days ago / a few days before / the past few days / the previous few days
 jiǎ mào to impersonate / to pose as (someone else) / to counterfeit / to palm off (a fake as a genuine)
 jìn qǔ to show initiative / to be a go-getter / to push forward with one's agenda
 fā xìn to post a letter
 xiàn rèn to occupy a post currently / current (president etc) / incumbent / (coll.) current boyfriend (girlfriend, spouse)
 rèn zhí to hold an office or post
 zài zhí to be employed / to be in post / on-the-job
驿 yì zhàn relay station for post horses (old)
 yí chuán heredity / to inherit (a trait) / to pass on (to one's offspring)
 chuán shòu to impart / to pass on / to teach
 yī zhí yǐ lái in the past always / for a long time now / until now
 lì dài successive generations / successive dynasties / past dynasties
 xià diào to demote / to pass down to a lower unit
 guò rén to surpass others / outstanding / (basketball, soccer etc) to get past an opponent
 nián lái this past year / over the last years
 zài qián ahead / formerly / in the past
 kǎo shàng to pass a university entrance exam
 lu:è guò to flit across / to sweep past / to glance (strike at an angle)
 chén bào morning newspaper / (in a newspaper's name) Morning Post
 sù shuō to recount / to tell of / to relate / (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history)
 jìn dài the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949)
 chū rèn to take up a post / to start in a new job
 shàng shān to climb a hill / to go to the mountains / (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons) / to pass away / (of the sun or moon) to rise
 guò wǎng to come and go / to have friendly relations with / in the past / previous
 tōng xíng to go through / to pass through / to be in general use
 bǎi chū to assume / to adopt (a look, pose, manner etc) / to bring out for display
 dòng yáo to sway / to waver / to rock / to rattle / to destabilize / to pose a challenge to
 rù wéi to get past the qualifying round / to make it to the finals
 kǒu àn a port for external trade / a trading or transit post on border between countries
 chuán gěi to pass on to / to transfer to / to hand on to / to pass to (in football etc)
 shàng gǎng to take up one's post / to be given a job
 fēi guò to fly over / to fly past
 dù guò to cross over / to pass through
 chuán chéng to pass on (to future generations) / passed on (from former times) / a continued tradition / an inheritance
 xiāng chuán to pass on / to hand down / tradition has it that ... / according to legend
 qiāng shǒu gunman / sharpshooter / sb who takes an exam for sb else / sb who produces a piece of work for sb else to pass off as their own
 zhǐ huī bù headquarters / command post
 shì qù to elapse / to pass away / to die / demise
 shēn shì one's life experience / one's lot / one's past history
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