to act with undue haste (idiom); eager and impatient; overhasty
trad. 操之過急
Also written 操之過急【cāo zhī guò jí】
Characters in this word
4操
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old variant of 操[cao1]
- Pinyin
- cāo
- Traditional
- 撡
- Strokes
- 16
- Frequency
- 979 of 2500
之
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
过
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surname Guo
- Pinyin
- Guō
- Traditional
- 過
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 73 of 2500
急
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urgent, pressing, rapid, hurried, worried, to make (sb) anxious
- Pinyin
- jí
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2110 of 2500