矫枉过正 jiǎowǎngguòzhèng to overcorrect Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 矫枉过正 矯枉過正 jiǎowǎngguòzhèng to overcorrect to overcorrect; to overcompensate; to go to the other extreme while trying to fix a mistake; literally means to straighten a crooked thing so much that it bends the other way Frequency Movie subtitles 0.180 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.399 per million Cross-References Referenced by 矫 jiǎoSame as 矫枉过直 jiǎowǎngguòzhí Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
矫枉过正 矯枉過正 jiǎowǎngguòzhèng to overcorrect to overcorrect; to overcompensate; to go to the other extreme while trying to fix a mistake; literally means to straighten a crooked thing so much that it bends the other way Frequency Movie subtitles 0.180 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.399 per million Cross-References Referenced by 矫 jiǎoSame as 矫枉过直 jiǎowǎngguòzhí Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
