cāo zhī guò jí

Traditional: 操之過急

操之过急 (cāo zhī guò jí) is a Chinese word meaning “to act with undue haste (idiom); eager and impatient; overhasty”.

Meanings

  1. 1to act with undue haste (idiom); eager and impatient
  2. 2overhasty

Characters in 操之过急

操cāo · to grasp之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])过guò · to cross急jí · urgent

Related words

过to cross过(experienced action marker)过surname Guo不过only过来to come over过来see 過來|过来[guo4 lai2]之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])之前before过去(in the) past; former; previous过去(verb suffix)之后after; behind通过to pass through; to get through

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