过不去 meaning in English

guòbuqù

to make life difficult for; to embarrass

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 過不去15 strokes

Meaning of 过不去

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

guòbuqù
  1. to make life difficult for
  2. to embarrass
  3. unable to make it through

过不去 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā跟gēn我wǒ过guò不bù去qù。
He is giving me a hard time.

Stroke order for each character

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过 guò · to cross · 6 strokes

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不 bù · no · 4 strokes

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去 qù · to go · 5 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 过不去.

对不起duìbuqǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
是不是shì bu shìis or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
不用bùyòngneed not
出去chūqùto go out
回去huíqùto return; to go back
进去jìnqùto go in
去年qùniánlast year
不大bù dànot very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
不对bùduìincorrect; wrong
不客气bù kèqìyou're welcome; don't mention it
不要bùyàodon't!; must not
不过bùguòonly; merely

Questions about 过不去

What does 过不去 mean?

过不去 (guòbuqù) means "to make life difficult for; to embarrass" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 过不去?

过不去 is made of 3 characters: 过 (6 strokes), 不 (4 strokes), 去 (5 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 过不去 an HSK word?

Yes. 过不去 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 过不去 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 过不去 is written 過不去.