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过犹不及
guò​yóu​bù​jí

too much is as bad as too little

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
过犹不及 過猶不及 guò​yóu​bù​jí
too much is as bad as too little
(idiom) going too far is just as bad as not going far enough, suggesting that things should be done in moderation

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.180 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.300 per million

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Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)