Definition
过不去 (guò bu qù) literally means 'cannot get through', but is most often used figuratively to mean 'to make things difficult for someone' (often with 跟/和) or 'to feel uneasy/embarrassed'. Compared to 为难 (wéi nán), 过不去 is more colloquial and implies deliberate obstruction; 恶心 (ě xin) is stronger, meaning to disgust or embarrass on purpose.
verb
unable to get throughcannot passto make things difficult for someoneto embarrass
Examples
- ，过不去。Zhè tiáo lù tài zhǎi, qìchē guò bu qù.This road is too narrow; the car can't get through.
- 过不去，。Nǐ bié zǒng shì gēn tā guò bu qù, tā qíshí hěn nǔlì.Don't always make things difficult for him; he's actually working hard.
- ，过不去。Zhè jiàn shì wǒ méi zuò hǎo, xīnli yìzhí guò bu qù.I didn't do this well, and I've been feeling uneasy about it.
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