too far is as bad as not enough (idiom, from the Analects)
trad. 過猶不及
Also written 過猶不及【guò yóu bù jí】
Characters in this word
4过
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surname Guo
- Pinyin
- Guō
- Traditional
- 過
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 73 of 2500
犹
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as if, (just) like, just as, still, yet
- Pinyin
- yóu
- Traditional
- 猶
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 46919 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
及
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and, to reach, up to, in time for
- Pinyin
- jí
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 1659 of 2500