溢
yì HSK7

overflow

溢 yì
overflow verb
to flow over the brim of a container or exceed physical limits

杯子里的水满了，正往外溢。

bēi​zi lǐ de shuǐ mǎn le, zhèng wǎng wài yì.

The cup is full, and the water is overflowing.

excessive verb
exceeding the proper amount or limit; redundant or superlative

水满则溢，评价一个人要客观、全面。

shuǐ mǎn zé yì, píng​jià yī gè rén yào kè​guān, quán​miàn.

Just as water overflows when full, one should be objective and comprehensive when evaluating someone.

Cross-References

Old variant of

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,454th most common 20.2 per million
Movie subtitles
2,666th most common 6.30 per million appears in 4% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.76 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
7.74 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+6EA2

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)