過猶不及

Chinese

		to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	as if; still	to not do something in time; to be too late; to not reach
trad. (過猶不及)		過	猶	不及
simp. (过犹不及)		过	犹	不及

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guòyóubùjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo³ jau⁴ bat¹ kap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guòyóubùjí
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guòyóubùjí
    • Wade–Giles: kuo⁴-yu²-pu⁴-chi²
    • Yale: gwò-yóu-bù-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohyoubujyi
    • Palladius: гоюбуцзи (gojubuczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ joʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwo³ jau⁴ bat¹ kap⁶
    • Yale: gwo yàuh bāt kahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwo³ jau⁴ bat⁷ kap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guo³ yeo⁴ bed¹ keb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³³ jɐu̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ kʰɐp̚²/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 過猶不及

1. doing too much is just as bad as not doing enough