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过犹不及
guò yóu bù jí
What 过犹不及 means
- too far is as bad as not enough (idiom, from the Analects)
The characters in 过犹不及
- 过guòto cross; to go over; to pass (time)
- 犹yóuas if; (just) like; just as
- 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 及jíand; to reach; up to
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