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The character 过 (guò) corresponds to the traditional form 過, a phono-semantic compound. The movement radical 辶 (chuò) on the left indicates an action related to walking or traversing, while the component 咼 (guō) on the right provides the phonetic element in the traditional form; in the simplified version, this is reduced to 寸 (cùn). Its core meaning is the physical act of passing by or crossing a boundary. This concept naturally extended to abstract senses, such as surpassing a limit, committing an error, or acting excessively. Additionally, 过 functions as an aspect particle placed after verbs to indicate an action has been experienced in the past.
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他走过马路。
我吃过苹果。
她去过北京。
这本书我看过。
我们讨论过这个问题。
他曾经经历过战争。
这个过程需要仔细考虑。
过于急躁往往会导致失败。