{"path":"/entry/106592","title":"过犹不及 / 過猶不及 (guò yóu bù jí) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"过犹不及 / 過猶不及 (guò yóu bù jí): too far is as bad as not enough (idiom, from the Analects). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":106592,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["过犹不及"],"TRADITIONAL":["過猶不及"]}},"phonetic":"guò yóu bù jí","phoneticKey":"guo4 you2 bu4 ji2","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"too far is as bad as not enough ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom, from the Analects)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["ADVERB","VERB"],"frequency":44290,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Analects, Book 11 (《論語·先進》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"子贡问：「师与商也孰贤？」子曰：「师也过，商也不及。」曰：「然则师愈与？」子曰：「过犹不及。」","traditional":"子貢問：「師與商也孰賢？」子曰：「師也過，商也不及。」曰：「然則師愈與？」子曰：「過猶不及。」"},"phonetic":"Zǐgòng wèn: “Shī yǔ Shāng yě shú xián?” Zǐyuē: “Shī yě guò, Shāng yě bùjí.” Yuē: “Ránzé Shī yù yú?” Zǐyuē: “Guò yóu bùjí.”","english":"Zigong asked which of the two, Shi or Shang, was the superior. The Master said, \"Shi goes beyond the due mean, and Shang does not come up to it.\" \"Then,\" said Zigong, \"the superiority is with Shi, I suppose.\" The Master said, \"To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.\"","ref":"The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}