橫跨

横跨
héngkuà
  1. to span
  2. to stretch across
  3. to travel across

CEDICT

to stretch across; to stretch over

Wiktionary

跨越，今多指橋梁等建築物橫向跨越兩邊。

重編國語辭典

Examples

工程横跨了两个世纪才完成，

The construction straddled two centuries.

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他們建了一座橫跨河流的橋。

They built a bridge across the river.

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阿爾卑斯山脈橫跨八個歐洲國家。

The Alps extend across eight European countries.

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Entry Composition

1 橫 héng
  1. horizontal
  2. across
  3. crosswise
  4. horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters)
  5. to place (sth) flat (on a surface)
  6. to cross (a river, etc)
  7. in a jumble
  8. chaotic
  9. (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable
  10. violent
2 跨 kuà
  1. to step across
  2. to stride over
  3. to straddle
  4. to span

Related entries

拃 zhǎ
  1. span (unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand)
  2. to span (measure with one's hand)
跨 kuà
  1. to step across
  2. to stride over
  3. to straddle
  4. to span
阿尔卑斯山地跨欧洲八国。

The Alps extend across eight European countries.

Source: Tatoeba