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The character 越, structured with the movement radical 走 and the phonetic component 戉, initially conveyed the idea of crossing over or going beyond a boundary. Its early use as the name for an ancient state along the Yangtze River associated it with that region and its people. Over time, the semantic range of 越 expanded from physical traversal to abstract notions of surpassing limits, leading to its verbal sense of exceeding and its adverbial role in indicating gradual increase, as seen in constructions like 越来越.
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天气越来越热了。
他的中文越来越好了。
他越过了那条河。
他超越了所有对手。
你越努力，越幸运。
这个问题越来越复杂了。
他们跨越了巨大的困难。
随着时间推移，我们越了解彼此，越信任对方。