过不去 (過不去)
guò bu qù
Pinyin

Definition

过不去 (過不去)
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guò bu qù
  1. to make life difficult for
  2. to embarrass
  3. unable to make it through

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
去
qù
  1. 1 to go
  2. 2 to go to (a place)
  3. 3 (of a time etc) last
  4. 4 just passed
  5. 5 to send
  6. 6 to remove
  7. 7 to get rid of
  8. 8 to reduce
  9. 9 to be apart from in space or time
  10. 10 to die (euphemism)
  11. 11 to play (a part)
  12. 12 (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  13. 13 (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  14. 14 (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
上去
shàng qù
  1. 1 to go up
下去
xià qù
  1. 1 to go down
  2. 2 to descend
  3. 3 to go on
  4. 4 to continue
  5. 5 (of a servant) to withdraw
不久
bù jiǔ
  1. 1 not long (after)
  2. 2 before too long
  3. 3 soon
  4. 4 soon after

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 2 spotless
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

Sample Sentences

你别跟自己过不去。正好饿了，走、走，我们去好好喝两盅，吃点儿东西，我请客！
nǐ bié gēn zìjǐ guò bu qù 。zhènghǎo è le ，zǒu 、zǒu ，wǒmen qù hǎohāo hē liǎng zhōng ，chī diǎnr dōngxi ，wǒ qǐngkè ！
Don't be too hard on yourself. It just so happens that I'm hungry. Let's go. We'll go have a couple of drinks and have something tasty-- it's my treat!
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姑娘！姑娘！你年纪轻轻，有什么事过不去呢？说一说大伙儿来想想办法嘛，你不需要一个人担着啊。
gūniang ！gūniang ！nǐ niánjìqīngqīng ，yǒu shénme shì guò bu qù ne ？shuōyishuō dàhuǒr lái xiǎngxiǎng bànfǎ ma ，nǐ bù xūyào yī ge rén dān zhe ā 。
Young lady! Young lady! You're still so young, what is it that's making you not want to go on? Tell everyone so that we can come up with a solution, OK? You don't need to cope on your own.
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其实我只有一个过不去的地方。
qíshí wǒ zhī yǒu yī gè guò bu qù de dìfang 。
Actually I only have one reservation.
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李哥，你看，前面横着一辆车！采访车过不去了！
Lǐgē ，nǐ kàn ，qiánmian héng zhe yī liàng chē ！cǎifǎngchē guò bu qù le ！
Brother Li, look. There's a car blocking the road. Our car can't go through!
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