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過關

简过关 · 繁過關

Mandarin · pinyin guò guān

to cross a barrier
to get through (an ordeal)
to pass (a test)
to reach (a standard)

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過: guò · pass, pass through, go across
關: Look up this written character
过: guò · pass, pass through, go across
关: guān · frontier pass; close; relation

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4–1 · guo4 guan1

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gwo3 gwaan1

Cantonese word readings for 過關. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

(literally) to break through a pass
(verb-object) to cross a barrier; to go through an ordeal
(figurative) to be up to standard; to pass

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