矫枉过正 — Chinese idiom
矫枉过正
jiǎo wǎng guò zhèng
Traditional: 矯枉過正
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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