thái quá du bất cập

In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.

Also seen as: vô thái quá bất cập

Meaning · English

Too far overshoots as short falls short — excess and deficiency are the same miss; keep the middle.

Literally: exceeding is as bad as not reaching

Examples

Tập vừa sức thôi, thái quá du bất cập.Train in measure — overdone misses like underdone.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

Sources & notes

Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “thái quá du bất cập” mean?

Too far overshoots as short falls short — excess and deficiency are the same miss; keep the middle. Literally: exceeding is as bad as not reaching

Is “thái quá du bất cập” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.