矫枉过正 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to overcorrect
• to overcompensate

Character by character

• 矫jiǎoto correct, to rectify, to straighten out
• 枉wǎnguseless, in vain; crooked, bent
• 过guòpass; to go across, to pass through
• 正zhèngstraight, right, proper, correct, just, true

Idioms sharing a character

• 徇私枉法 xùn sī wǎng fǎ
• 贪赃枉法 tān zāng wǎng fǎ
• 一笔带过 yī bǐ dài guò
• 不过如此 bù guò rú cǐ
• 不过尔尔 bù guò ěr ěr
• 事不过三 shì bù guò sān
• 事过境迁 shì guò jìng qiān
• 人谁无过 rén shéi wú guò
• 大喜过望 dà xǐ guò wàng
• 将功补过 jiāng gōng bǔ guò

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