过犹不及 (過猶不及)
guò yóu bù jí
Pinyin

Definition

过犹不及 (過猶不及)
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guò yóu bù jí
  1. too far is as bad as not enough (idiom, from the Analects)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
不久
bù jiǔ
  1. 1 not long (after)
  2. 2 before too long
  3. 3 soon
  4. 4 soon after
不但
bù dàn
  1. 1 not only (... but also...)
不仅
bù jǐn
  1. 1 not only (this one)
  2. 2 not just (...) but also
不到
bù dào
  1. 1 not to arrive
  2. 2 not reaching
  3. 3 insufficient
  4. 4 less than

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 2 spotless
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

Sample Sentences

古代人背书是为了随时思考讨论，毕竟过去可没办法随时百度，现在学生背书不就是为了高考，背是背了，却是过犹不及啊。
gǔdài rén bèi shū shì wèile suíshí sīkǎo tǎolùn ，bìjìng guòqù kě méi bànfǎ suíshí Bǎidù ，xiànzài xuésheng bèi shū bù jiùshì wèile gāokǎo ，bèi shì bèi le ，què shì guò yóu bùjí ā 。
People in ancient China learned texts off by heart was in order to think and discuss texts at any time, given that in the past they were unable to look something up on Baidu at every moment. Now students learn texts off by heart just for the college entrance exams. They may learn it off by heart, but doing something by half is worse than not doing it at all.
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