过犹不及 guòyóubùjí too much is as bad as too little Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 过 過 guò adverbparticle to exceed to exceed or go beyond a certain limit; to surpass; (bound form) excessive; overly犹 猶 yóu adjectiveverb like To be like; as if; just as不及 bùjí to be inferior to To be not as good as; to fall short of something else.