太過份 (taai3 gwo3 fan6 | tai4 guo4 fen4) : too much; over the top

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太過份

taai3 gwo3 fan6

tai4 guo4 fen4

beyond the boundaries of what is acceptable; too much; over the top; excessive; unacceptable; have crossed over the line | Usu. in reference to someone's behaviour, speech or action | Stronger expression than just 過份 | The more standard form is 太過分

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

太過份 / 太过份

This word has been viewed 6101 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 28th Apr 2011 13:37

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Characters in this word:

太 taai3 - highest; great-grand; excessively
過 gwo3 - pass through; across
份 fan6 - portion; part; share

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未免太過份
go a bit too far; be rather too presumptuous

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太過分 taai3 gwo3 fan6 tai4 guo4 fen4 = too much; over the top

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