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surname Guo

to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too-

(experienced action marker)

a unit of length / inch / thumb

to walk (side part of split character)

only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival)

premature / too soon

(idiom) nothing more than this; that's all; no big deal; not very impressive

a thing should not be attempted more than three times (idiom) / don't repeat the same mistake again and again / bad things don't happen more than three times

The issue is in the past, and the situation has changed (idiom). / It is water under the bridge.

not more than so-so (idiom); mediocre / nothing out of the ordinary

to be sorry; to feel apologetic

(idiom) to mention only very briefly / to skate over (a topic)

to be sorry / to feel apologetic

lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom) / fig. to take a risk-averse approach

lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual

lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual

to skate around / to skip over / to skimp

variant of 三個臭皮匠，賽過一個諸葛亮|三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮[san1 ge4 chou4 pi2 jiang5 , sai4 guo4 yi1 ge4 Zhu1 ge3 Liang4]

to flash past / to flit by

transient

(soccer) one-two / push-and-run

Everyone makes mistakes (idiom)

professional negligence

not an exaggeration / not excessive / not wide of the mark