太过头

太過頭

tàiguòtóu

phrase

Meanings

1 way too much
2 excessively overdone
3 gone too far

Characters

too, excessively

Examples

他这次道歉道得太过头了，反而显得虚伪。

Tā zhècì dàoqiàn dào de tàiguòtóu le, fǎn'ér xiǎnde xūwěi.

He apologized too profusely this time — it ended up feeling insincere.

减肥减得太过头会影响健康。

Jiǎnféi jiǎn de tàiguòtóu huì yǐngxiǎng jiànkāng.

Dieting to excess will hurt your health.

Tips

usage

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

Stroke Order

太 tài

过 guò

头 tóu