跨越 kuàyuè to step across
to step across; step over
How to remember 跨越: 跨 to straddle + 越 the more...the more... = to step across.
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How it is used
- To leap across / span, usually grand or figurative - 跨越时空 (kuàyuè shíkōng) to transcend time and space; 跨越式发展 leapfrog development.
- Suggests bridging a large gap or moving up a whole level, often in praise of progress (跨越两个世纪 spanning two centuries).
- Bigger and more aspirational than 越过 (yuèguò, get over a specific obstacle); 跨越 stresses the sweep of the span itself.