"Over" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 chá kàn to look over / to examine / to check up / to ferret out
 liú lǎn to skim over / to browse
 guò qù (in the) past / former / previous / to go over / to pass by
 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)
 tǎo lùn to discuss / to talk over / CL:個|个[ge4]
 guò lái to come over / to manage / to handle / to be able to take care of
 kǎo lu:4 to think over / to consider / consideration
 sī kǎo to reflect on / to ponder over
 fǎn zhèng anyway / in any case / to come over from the enemy's side
 zhǔ chí to take charge of / to manage or direct / to preside over / to uphold / to stand for (justice etc) / to host (a TV or radio program etc) / (TV) anchor
 zhēng qǔ to fight for / to strive for / to win over
 jiě fàng to liberate / to emancipate / liberation / refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949 / CL:次[ci4]
 jiāo gěi to give / to deliver / to hand over
 fǎn fù repeatedly / over and over / to upend / unstable / to come and go / (of an illness) to return
 jiē shōu reception (of transmitted signal) / to receive / to accept / to admit / to take over (e.g. a factory) / to expropriate
 shèng xià to remain / left over
 nà bian over there / yonder
 zǒu qù to walk over (to)
 tóng bǐ (statistics) compared with the same period of the previous year / year on year / year over year
 yí huò to doubt / to distrust / unconvincing / to puzzle over / misgivings / suspicions
 hún shēn all over / from head to foot
 sì chù all over the place / everywhere and all directions
 shāng liang to consult / to talk over / to discuss
 zhàn shèng to prevail over / to defeat / to surmount
 tōng huà to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call
 qiē huàn to switch over / to switch modes or data streams / to cut (to a new scene)
 xié shāng to consult with / to talk things over / agreement
 jiān shì to monitor / to keep a close watch over / surveillance
 jiào àn lesson plan / teaching plan / a "missionary case" (a dispute over Christian missionaries during the late Qing)
 zhēng duó to fight over / to contest / to vie over
 jué qǐ to rise abruptly (to a towering position) / to tower over / to spring up / to emerge suddenly / the emergence (e.g. of a power)
 dēng shàng to climb over / to ascend onto / to mount
 yǎn shì to cover up / to conceal / to mask / to gloss over
 fǎn sī to think back over sth / to review / to revisit / to rethink / reflection / reassessment
 tíng liú to stay somewhere temporarily / to stop over
 guò dù to cross over (by ferry) / transition / interim / caretaker (administration)
 bìng gòu merger and acquisition (M and A) / acquisition / to take over
 shuō fú to persuade / to convince / to talk sb over / Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2]
 gǎn lái to rush over
 shì jiè gè dì all over the world / everywhere / in all parts of the world
 kuà yuè to step across / step over
 dǎo xià to collapse / to topple over
 yùn niàng (of alcohol) to ferment / (of a crisis) to be brewing / to mull over (an issue) / to hold exploratory discussions
 fān shēn to turn over (when lying) / (fig.) to free oneself / to emancipate oneself / to bring about a change of one's fortunes
 jiāo fù to hand over / to deliver
 nián lái this past year / over the last years
 huí wèi to reflect on / to ponder over / aftertaste
 qǔ shèng to score a victory / to prevail over one's opponents
 zhē teng to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly) / to repeat sth over and over again / to torment sb / to play crazy / to squander (time, money)
 yuè guò to cross over / to transcend / to cover distance / to overcome / to rise above
 zhuǎn rù to change over to / to shift to / to switch to
 zuó mo to ponder / to mull over / to think through / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2 mo2]
 cán liú to remain / left over / surplus / remnant
 fèi téng (of a liquid) to boil / (of sentiments etc) to boil over / to flare up / to be impassioned
 lì nián over the years / bygone years
 chāo biāo to cross the limit / to be over the accepted norm / excessive
 wǎng luò diàn huà Voice over Internet Protocol
 bīng fēng to freeze over / to ice over / icebound / to shelve (a proposal 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)
 biàn lùn debate / argument / to argue over / CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4]
 fēi guò to fly over / to fly past
 dù guò to cross over / to pass through
 cháng xiào to be effective over an extended period
 zhú nián year after year / with each passing year / over the years
 zhí quán authority / power over others
 zài sān over and over again / again and again
 shǒu hòu to wait for / to expect / to keep watch / to watch over / to nurse
 biàn dì everywhere / all over
 dì jiāo to present / to give / to hand over / to hand in / to lay before
 mén jìn restrictions on entry and exiting / control over access
 yì chū to overflow / to spill over / (computing) overflow
 wǔ zhù to cover (typically by placing a hand over sb's mouth, nose or ears etc)
 yí jiāo to transfer / to hand over
 mǎn shēn covered all over
 yī cì yòu yī cì repeatedly / over and over again
 jiāo chū to hand over
 jiān bìng to annex / to take over / to acquire
 chóng lái to start over / to do sth all over again
 jiē shǒu to take over (duties etc) / catcher (baseball etc)
 chóng dié to overlap / to superimpose / to telescope / to run together / to duplicate / one over another / superposition / an overlap / redundancy / reduplication (in Chinese grammar, e.g. 散散步[san4 san4 bu4] to have a stroll)
 fān zhuǎn to roll / to turn over / to invert / to flip
 jǐng wèi to stand guard over / (security) guard
线 chū xiàn (sports) to go out of bounds / to go over the line / to qualify for the next round of competition / (Tw) (fig.) to make the grade / to achieve success
 jiāo jiē (of two things) to come into contact / to meet / to hand over to / to take over from / to associate with / to have friendly relations with / to have sexual intercourse
 kān shǒu to guard / to watch over
 chóng wēn to learn sth over again / to review / to brush up / to revive (memories, friendship etc)
 gǎi yòng to change over to / to switch to / to use (sth different)
 rè liàn to fall head over heels in love / to be passionately in love
 xiǎng bu tōng unable to understand / unable to get over
 xiāng jiāo to cross over (e.g. traffic) / to intersect / to make friends
 zhēng xiāng to fall over each other in their eagerness to...
 shàng wàn over ten thousand / fig. untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands
 qīng dǎo to topple over / to greatly admire
 jǔ jué to chew / to think over
 jiē guǎn to take over / to assume control
 dǎo tā to collapse (of building) / to topple over
 luò jiǎo to stay for a time / to stop over / to lodge / to sink down (into soft ground) / leftovers
 dòu liú to stay at / to stop over
 fǎn shǒu to turn a hand over / to put one's hand behind one's back / fig. easily done
 qū fú to surrender / to succumb / to yield / (as a transitive verb) to defeat / to prevail over
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