guò MC kwaH,

---

kwa
1. pass by, pass through (space or time); e.g. 過庭 guòtíng, cross through the courtyard.
2. go beyond, exceed, surpass; e.g. 過望 guòwàng, exceed expectations.
a. excessive(ly), inordinate(ly), more than normal; e.g. 過老 guòlǎo, of much advanced age.
b. 大過 dàguò, “Greater Preponderance,” name of 28th hexagram of Yijing; 小過 xiǎoguò, “Lesser Preponderance,” name of 62nd hexagram of Yijing.
3. trespass, transgress(ion), error of commission, lapsus; mistake, wrongdoing; e.g. 過法 guòfǎ, break the law.
a. find fault with, criticize for actions.
4. (Budd.) the mundane world; e.g. 苦過 kǔhǎi, the sea of woe, sea of suffering, to the “other shore” of which one would like to cross in order to be released from the round of birth and death.
5. 過棠 hǎitáng, variously identified but prob. a species of pink-flowering crabapple (Malus spectabilis).

開頭

過此以往 過法 過老 過棠 過庭 過望

中間

毋過禮

結尾

大過 反過 見其過 經過 苦過 小過