过火
guò huǒ
Pinyin

Definition

过火
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guò huǒ
  1. to go too far (in word or deed)
  2. over the top

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上火
shàng huǒ
  1. 1 to get angry
  2. 2 to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)
火
Huǒ
  1. 1 surname Huo
火星
Huǒ xīng
  1. 1 Mars (planet)
火线
Huǒ xiàn
  1. 1 FireWire (IEEE 1394 data-transfer interface)
火车
huǒ chē
  1. 1 train
  2. 2 CL:列[liè],節|节[jié],班[bān],趟[tàng]
火车票
huǒ chē piào
  1. 1 train ticket
火车站
huǒ chē zhàn
  1. 1 train station
火锅
huǒ guō
  1. 1 hotpot
烈火
liè huǒ
  1. 1 raging inferno
  2. 2 blaze
烟火
yān huǒ
  1. 1 smoke and fire
  2. 2 fireworks
冒火
mào huǒ
  1. 1 to get angry
  2. 2 to burn with rage
去火
qù huǒ
  1. 1 to reduce internal heat (TCM)
大火
dà huǒ
  1. 1 conflagration
  2. 2 large fire
  3. 3 CL:場|场[cháng]
失火
shī huǒ
  1. 1 to catch fire
  2. 2 on fire
  3. 3 fire (alarm)
如火如荼
rú huǒ rú tú
  1. 1 like wildfire (idiom)
  2. 2 unstoppable
怒火
nù huǒ
  1. 1 rage
  2. 2 fury
  3. 3 hot anger
恼火
nǎo huǒ
  1. 1 to get angry
  2. 2 irritated
  3. 3 to annoy
  4. 4 to aggravate
  5. 5 annoying
惹火
rě huǒ
  1. 1 to stir up the fire
  2. 2 fig. to provoke and offend people
  3. 3 to ruffle feathers
战火
zhàn huǒ
  1. 1 conflagration
  2. 2 the fire of war
打火机
dǎ huǒ jī
  1. 1 lighter
  2. 2 cigarette lighter

Idioms (20)

不到火候不揭锅
bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō
  1. 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
刀山火海
dāo shān huǒ hǎi
  1. 1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
  2. 2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
厝火积薪
cuò huǒ jī xīn
  1. 1 lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hidden danger
  3. 3 imminent danger
城门失火，殃及池鱼
chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú
  1. 1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
  2. 2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
  3. 3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
如火如荼
rú huǒ rú tú
  1. 1 like wildfire (idiom)
  2. 2 unstoppable
急如星火
jí rú xīng huǒ
  1. 1 lit. as hurried as a shooting star (idiom); requiring immediate action
  2. 2 extremely urgent
惹火烧身
rě huǒ shāo shēn
  1. 1 stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt
  2. 2 fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling
战火纷飞
zhàn huǒ fēn fēi
  1. 1 fire of war everywhere (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
打得火热
dǎ de huǒ rè
  1. 1 to carry on intimately with (idiom); ardent relationship (esp. between lovers)
  2. 2 billing and cooing
抱薪救火
bào xīn jiù huǒ
  1. 1 lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action
救场如救火
jiù chǎng rú jiù huǒ
  1. 1 the show must go on (idiom)
新官上任三把火
xīn guān shàng rèn sān bǎ huǒ
  1. 1 (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office (idiom)
星星之火
xīng xing zhī huǒ
  1. 1 a single spark (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
星星之火，可以燎原
xīng xing zhī huǒ , kě yǐ liáo yuán
  1. 1 a single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
杀人放火
shā rén fàng huǒ
  1. 1 to kill and burn (idiom); murder and arson
水深火热
shuǐ shēn huǒ rè
  1. 1 deep water and scorching fire
  2. 2 abyss of suffering (idiom)
水火无情
shuǐ huǒ wú qíng
  1. 1 fire and flood have no mercy (idiom)
洞若观火
dòng ruò guān huǒ
  1. 1 clear as a flame (idiom); to see things absolutely clearly
浴火重生
yù huǒ chóng shēng
  1. 1 to rise from the ashes (idiom)
  2. 2 to start again
满嘴跑火车
mǎn zuǐ pǎo huǒ chē
  1. 1 (idiom) to have a glib tongue
  2. 2 to talk big

Sample Sentences

倒不是，导火索是我做得太过火了，每次大姨妈来，我都拉肚子，就爱向他撒娇卖萌求安慰，时间久了他有点不以为然了，昨天他说“不就是拉肚子吗”。
dào bùshì ，dǎohuǒsuǒ shì wǒ zuò de tài guòhuǒ le ，měicì dàyímā lái ，wǒ dōu lā dùzi ，jiù ài xiàng tā sājiāo màiméng qiú ānwèi ，shíjiān jiǔ le tā yǒudiǎnr bùyǐwéirán le ，zuótiān tā shuō “bù jiùshì lā dùzi ma ”。
That's not it at all. The trigger was me going overboard. Every time my Aunt Flow comes to town, I always get diarrhea, so I'll act all cute and distraught with him and ask him to comfort me. After a while he started to have a problem with it, and yesterday he said "Isn't it just diarrhea?".
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可能是理解上的偏差吧，才会把玩笑当真。不过玩笑也别开得太过火，否则就不是幽默啦。
kěnéng shì lǐjiě shang de piānchā ba ，cái huì bǎ wánxiào dàngzhēn 。bùguò wánxiào yě bié kāi de tài guòhuǒ ，fǒuzé jiù bù shì yōumò la 。
Maybe you two had different takes on it, and so she took the joke seriously. But you can't go overboard with the jokes, or they're not funny anymore.
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老婆，咱儿子已经十二岁了，你别总把他看成是个整天找妈妈的小孩。对于男孩子来说，这是青春期的开始。在这个阶段，男孩子对异性开始产生好感是很正常的。只要行为不过火，就随他吧。
lǎopó ，zán érzi yǐjīng shí\'èr suì le ，nǐ bié zǒng bǎ tā kànchéng shì ge zhěngtiān zhǎo māma de xiǎohái 。duìyú nánháizi láishuō ，zhè shì qīngchūn qī de kāishǐ 。zài zhè ge jiēduàn ，nánháizi duì yìxìng kāishǐ chǎnshēng hǎogǎn shì hěn zhèngcháng de 。zhǐyào xíngwéi bù guòhuǒ ，jiù suí tā ba 。
Honey, our son is already 12 years old. You shouldn't always treat him like some kind of momma's boy. For boys, this is when adolesence begins. During this time, boys starting to have feelings for the opposite sex is normal. As long as he doesn't take it too far, just let him be.
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