过分 過分 guò fèn excessive / undue / unduly / overly syn 夸张 誇張 kuā zhāng to exaggerate / overstated / exaggerated / hyperbole / (coll.) excessive / ridiculous / outrageous syn 过度 過度 guò dù excessive / over- / excess / going too far / extravagant / intemperate / overdue syn 过量 過量 guò liàng excessive syn 创造力 創造力 chuàng zào lì ingenuity / creativity 巧妙 qiǎo miào ingenious / clever / ingenuity / artifice syn 奢望 shē wàng an extravagant hope / to have excessive expectations 过剩 過剩 guò shèng to be excessive / to be more than is required syn 超标 超標 chāo biāo to cross the limit / to be over the accepted norm / excessive 过多 過多 guò duō too many / excessive syn 标榜 標榜 biāo bǎng to flaunt / to advertise / to parade / boost / excessive praise syn 上火 shàng huǒ to get angry / to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM) syn 无度 無度 wú dù immoderate / excessive / not knowing one's limits syn 聪明反被聪明误 聰明反被聰明誤 cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù (idiom) a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity / cleverness may overreach itself / too smart for one's own good 过火 過火 guò huǒ to go too far / to go overboard (in words or actions) / over the top / excessive / burned syn 智谋 智謀 zhì móu resourcefulness / ingenuity syn 殚精竭虑 殫精竭慮 dān jīng jié lǜ to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom) / to think sth through thoroughly / to rack one's brains / to leave no stone unturned 巧思 qiǎo sī innovative thinking / ingenuity 匠心 jiàng xīn ingenuity / craftsmanship syn 独创性 獨創性 dú chuàng xìng innovative / ingenious / originality / ingenuity syn 拔苗助长 拔苗助長 bá miáo zhù zhǎng to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom) syn 足 jù excessive syn 浮 fú to float / superficial / floating / unstable / movable / provisional / temporary / transient / impetuous / hollow / inflated / to exceed / superfluous / excessive / surplus syn 甚 shèn excessive / undue / to exceed / to be more than / very / extremely / (dialect) what / whatever (Taiwan pr. [shen2]) syn 滥 濫 làn overflowing / excessive / indiscriminate syn 溢 yì to overflow / (literary) excessive / old variant of 鎰|镒[yi4] syn 淫雨 yín yǔ excessive rain syn 亢 kàng high / overbearing / excessive syn 玩物丧志 玩物喪志 wán wù sàng zhì lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom) / infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress / excessive attention to trivia saps the will syn 殚精极虑 殫精極慮 dān jīng jí lǜ to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom) / to think sth through thoroughly / to rack one's brains / to leave no stone unturned 用尽心机 用盡心機 yòng jìn xīn jī to tax one's ingenuity 妇人之仁 婦人之仁 fù rén zhī rén excessive tendency to clemency (idiom) / soft-hearted (pejorative) 防卫过当 防衛過當 fáng wèi guò dàng excessive self-defense (self-defense with excessive force) 别具匠心 別具匠心 bié jù jiàng xīn to show ingenuity / (of a design) clever / brilliantly conceived syn 六淫 liù yín (TCM) six excesses causing illness, namely: excessive wind 風|风[feng1], cold 寒[han2], heat 暑[shu3], damp 濕|湿[shi1], dryness 燥[zao4], fire 火[huo3] 六邪 liù xié (TCM) six unhealthy influences causing illness, namely: excessive wind 風|风[feng1], cold 寒[han2], heat 暑[shu3], damp 濕|湿[shi1], dryness 燥[zao4], fire 火[huo3] 冗冗 rǒng rǒng numerous / excessive / multitude 别太客气 別太客氣 bié tài kè qi lit. no excessive politeness / Don't mention it! / You're welcome! / Please don't stand on ceremony. 大红鼻子 大紅鼻子 dà hóng bí zi rhinophyma (red nose, often related to rosacea or excessive alcohol) / brandy nose 捧上天 pěng shàng tiān to praise to the skies / to shower with excessive praise 浮滥 浮濫 fú làn excessive / exorbitant / excessively 管手管脚 管手管腳 guǎn shǒu guǎn jiǎo to control in every detail / excessive supervision 超前消费 超前消費 chāo qián xiāo fèi excessive consumption / spending beyond one's means 过度紧张 過度緊張 guò dù jǐn zhāng hypertension / excessive stress 过度关怀 過度關懷 guò dù guān huái obsession / excessive concern 施肥过多 shī féi guò duō excessive use of fertilizer 过当 過當 guò dàng excessive 嗜睡症 shì shuì zhèng hypersomnia / excessive sleepiness (medical) 精尽人亡 精盡人亡 jīng jìn rén wáng to die from excessive ejaculation 不为过 不為過 bù wéi guò not an exaggeration / not excessive / not wide of the mark 目劄 mù zhā (TCM) excessive blinking of the eyes 徒长 徒長 tú zhǎng (of a plant) to experience excessive vegetative growth (at the expense of flowering or fruiting) 诛求无厌 誅求無厭 zhū qiú - wú yàn (idiom) to relentlessly make excessive demands 