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过分

guò fèn · guo fen

Traditional 過分

HSK 4Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. excessive
  2. undue
  3. overly
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That's too much

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)三个月(sāngèyuè)前(qián)借(jiè)了(le)我(wǒ)的(de)书(shū)，到(dào)现在(xiànzài)还(hái)没(méi)还(huán)。

    You borrowed my book three months ago and still haven't returned it.

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)还(hái)没(méi)看(kàn)完(wán)嘛(ma)。

    I haven't finished it yet.

  3. Liangliang

    还有(háiyǒu)我(wǒ)的(de)伞(sǎn)、我(wǒ)的(de)耳机(ěrjī)……

    And my umbrella, my earphones…

  4. Dengdeng

    那些(nàxiē)我(wǒ)都(dōu)在(zài)用(yòng)。

    I'm using all of those.

  5. Liangliang

    这(zhè)也(yě)太(tài)过分(guòfèn)了(le)吧(ba)！

    That's going way too far!

  6. Dengdeng

    不过分(bùguòfèn)吧(ba)？我们(wǒmen)是(shì)好朋友(hǎopéngyou)嘛(ma)。

    It's not too much, is it? We're good friends.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

不(bù)管(guǎn)我(wǒ)怎(zěn)么(me)称(chēng)赞(zàn)他(tā)们(men)，都(dōu)不(bú)会(huì)过(guò)分(fèn)。

I cannot praise them too highly.

Tatoeba: Chinese by grindeldore · English by eastasiastudent · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

你(nǐ)对(duì)他(tā)要(yāo)求(qiú)太(tài)过(guò)分(fèn)了(le)，他(tā)根(gēn)本(běn)做(zuò)不(bu)到(dào)。

You're asking too much of him; he simply can't do it.

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过
guò

to cross; to go over

分
fēn

to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate

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