有过之而无不及
yǒu​guò​zhī'ér​wú​bù​jí

to go even further

  • created sense approved 有过之而无不及/有過之而無不及 · yǒu​guò​zhī'ér​wú​bù​jí · to go even further — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    有过之而无不及 / 有過之而無不及

    yǒu​guò​zhī'ér​wú​bù​jí

    to go even further

    to surpass or outdo someone or something; often used in a negative sense to mean "to be even worse"

    有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · to have 过 (literal) → 过/過 · guò · to exceed 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · it 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 不及 (literal) → 不及 · bù​jí · less than

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense