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過火

go too far

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

guo4huo3 • guòhuǒ

Meaning

Primary

go too far

Alternatives

overdo, excessive

Mnemonic

If you 過火 go too far, you 過 pass the point of normalcy and things start lighting on 火 fire.

Usage

表演過火

overact

你 說 得 太 過火 了。

What you said is going too far.