操之过急 — Chinese idiom
操之过急
cāo zhī guò jí
Traditional: 操之過急
Meaning
- to act with undue haste ; eager and impatient
- overhasty
Character by character
- 操cāoto conduct, to manage, to run
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 过guòpass; to go across, to pass through
- 急jíanxious, worried; hasty, quick; pressing, urgent
Idioms sharing a character
- 同室操戈 tóng shì cāo gē
- 率尔操觚 shuài ěr cāo gū
- 稳操胜券 wěn cāo shèng quàn
- 重操旧业 chóng cāo jiù yè
- 一丘之貉 yī qiū zhī hé
- 一之为甚 yī zhī wéi shèn
- 一以贯之 yī yǐ guàn zhī
- 一孔之见 yī kǒng zhī jiàn
- 一技之长 yī jì zhī cháng
- 一日之雅 yī rì zhī yǎ
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