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过分

guòfèn

excessive; too much

A person carrying too much fruit
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Characters in this word

过 guò

Strokes
6
Radical
辶 — to walk
Made of
辶 to walk 寸 inch
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

分 fēn

Strokes
4
Radical
刀 — knife
Made of
八 eight 刀 knife
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 你太过分了。 Nǐ tài guò fèn le. You have gone too far.
  • 这样很过分。 Zhè yàng hěn guò fèn. Doing this is too much.
  • 这话过分了。 Zhè huà guò fèn le. Those words went too far.

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