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飞过 (fēi guō) — to fly over, to fly past

Definition

A directional verb-complement phrase: 飞 (fly) + 过 (over/past) describes motion passing across or beyond a point, often appearing with 从… or as 〜了 + location (从头上飞过, 飞过了那座山).

verb
to fly overto fly past

Examples

  • 飞过。
    Yì zhī hú dié cóng wǒ de tóu shàng fēi guō.
    A butterfly flew over my head.
  • 飞过。
    Fēi jī gāng gāng fēi guō le nà zuò shān.
    The plane just flew over that mountain.
  • 飞过。
    Yì qún niǎo cóng wǒ men tóu dǐng fēi guō.
    A flock of birds flew over our heads.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

飞fēifly
过guòacross/past

飞 means fly and 过 gives across or past, so the action is flying past.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 飛; 飞 is its simplified writing.

For 飞, the traditional form 飛 pictures a bird flying upwards.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 過; 过 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辵辵chuòwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
咼
咼wāi過guò
Same sound today

The traditional form 過 pairs 辵 (walk) with 咼 as a sound component; the simplified 过 is a shorthand, and its parts are not the historical components.

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Appears in
Air Travel

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