越

generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods / abbr. for Vietnam 越南

to exceed / to climb over / to surpass / the more... the more

variant of 鉞|钺[yue4]

to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]) / to change (shape, form, meaning)

outstanding / surpassing / distinguished / splendid

superior / superiority

impassable / insurmountable / insuperable

China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)

to usurp / to overstep one's authority

not overstepping the prescribed limits / to remain within bounds

inner transcendence (perfection through one's own inner moral cultivation, as in Confucianism, for example)

North Vietnam / North Vietnamese

dare not go one step beyond the prescribed limit