太过头

太過頭
tàiguòtóu
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 way too much
  2. 2 excessively overdone
  3. 3 gone too far

Examples

Tā zhè cì dàoqiàn dào de tài guòtóu le, fǎn'ér xiǎnde xūwěi.
He apologized too profusely this time — it ended up feeling insincere.
Jiǎnféi jiǎn de tài guòtóu huì yǐngxiǎng jiànkāng.
Dieting to excess will hurt your health.

Tips

usage
Often follows a verb in the V pattern: 太过头 'said too much', 太过头 'praised too fervently'. This structure is very common in spoken Mandarin for critiquing degree of an action.

Stroke Order

tài
guò
tóu