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超出

chāo chū · chao chu

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Meaning

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  1. to exceed
  2. to overstep
  3. to go too far
  4. to encroach
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Overweight suitcase

  1. Dengdeng

    这个(zhège)行李箱(xínglixiāng)二十五公斤(èrshíwǔgōngjīn)，超出(chāochū)了(le)二十公斤(èrshígōngjīn)。

    This suitcase is twenty-five kilos. It is over twenty kilos.

  2. Liangliang

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)拿出(náchū)一些(yīxiē)东西(dōngxi)吧(ba)。

    Then let us take some things out.

  3. Dengdeng

    拿(ná)什么(shénme)出来(chūlái)？

    Take what out?

  4. Liangliang

    把(bǎ)五本(wǔběn)书(shū)拿出来(náchūlái)，就(jiù)不会(bùhuì)超出(chāochū)了(le)。

    Take out the five books and it will not be over.

  5. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)把(bǎ)书(shū)放进(fàngjìn)背包(bēibāo)里(lǐ)。

    OK, I will put the books in my backpack.

  6. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)的(de)背包(bēibāo)也(yě)要(yào)称(chēng)，不然(bùrán)背包(bēibāo)也(yě)会(huì)超出(chāochū)！

    Your backpack must be weighed too, or it will be over as well!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)个(ge)主(zhǔ)题(tí)超(chāo)出(chū)了(le)他(tā)所(suǒ)能(néng)接(jiē)受(shòu)的(de)范(fàn)围(wéi)。

The subject is out of his sphere.

Tatoeba: Chinese by LeviHighway · English by AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

盖(gài)我(wǒ)自(zì)己(jǐ)的(de)房(fáng)子(zi)超(chāo)出(chū)了(le)我(wǒ)的(de)能(néng)力(lì)范(fàn)围(wéi)。

It is beyond my power to build my own house.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by Zifre · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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