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charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *多* | 多* | *多
many; much / too many; in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi-; poly-
HSK 1
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *过* | 过* | *过
to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too-
HSK 1
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *太* | 太* | *太
highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely
HSK 1
not very / not too / not often
HSK 1
same; equal; similar / similarly; also; too
HSK 2
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *够* | 够* | *够
enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) / (coll.) (before adj.) really / (coll.) to reach by stretching out
HSK 2
not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after
HSK 2
as well as / too / and
HSK 4
there's not enough time (to do sth) / it's too late (to do sth)
HSK 4
excessively; too
HSK 5
excessive / over- / excess / going too far / extravagant / intemperate / overdue
HSK 5
too bad / how terrible / what bad luck / terrible / bad
HSK 5
to exceed / to overstep / to go too far / to encroach
HSK 6
to postpone (with unfortunate consequences); to take too long (to do sth); to miss (a deadline or window of opportunity)
HSK 7-9
as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late
HSK 7-9
to bring together / to make do in a bad situation / to just get by / to improvise / passable / not too bad
HSK 7-9
preferably / one would prefer to...(or not to...) / would rather / (would) be better to / (to pick) the lesser of two evils
HSK 7-9
too low
lit. start off leniently (idiom); please do not be too strict with me / Do not judge me too harshly. / Look favorably on my humble efforts.
too many; excessive
to be in love when one is too young; puppy love
a hidden trouble hard to mention (idiom) / sth too embarrassing to mention / an embarrassing illness
too weak to stand up to the wind (idiom); extremely delicate / fragile state of health
too many to count (idiom); innumerable
to think too much of oneself / self-important / arrogant
to fall short of / not as good as / too late
(idiom) to refrain from going too far; to know when to stop
lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
too hot / (fig.) (economics) overheated / (physics) to superheat
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *饇* | 饇* | *饇
to eat too much / to confer
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *忒* | 忒* | *忒
(dialect) too / very / also pr. [tui1]
lit. the whip cannot reach (idiom); beyond one's influence / too far to be able to help
more hands than needed (idiom); too many cooks spoil the broth
too few / insufficient
to marry too early
lit. too much for the eye to take in (idiom); a feast for the eyes
too high
to go too far (in word or deed) / over the top
extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom); Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong!
How are you getting by? / How's life? / contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by / tolerably well / not too bad
to wait a moment / do not go too soon
too old; overage / (of a young person's behavior or attributes) beyond one's years; adultlike
to bite off more than one can chew (idiom) / to aim too high
too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
too horrible to contemplate / unthinkable / inconceivable
too far is as bad as not enough (idiom, from the Analects)
to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom) / to find it hard to speak about sth
to satisfy rival demands (idiom) / to get the best of both worlds / to have it both ways / to have one's cake and eat it too
cannot cope / find it too much / incessantly
to tear up / to rip up / too shred
nothing is too bizarre / full of extraordinary things
there can never be too much deception in war / in war nothing is too deceitful / all's fair in war
too numerous to mention individually or one by one
neither too fast nor too slow (idiom)
too wonderful for words
too high to reach (idiom); eminent and unapproachable
to praise too much / I really don't deserve so much praise
(idiom) to have one's hands full managing one's own affairs / too busy to spare time for anything extra
to overdose on supplementary medicine / to cram too hard
as soon as possible; at the first opportunity; the sooner the better; before it's too late
to shrink back in fear (idiom); too cowardly to advance
premature / too soon
too numerous to list (idiom); innumerable
lit. one cannot bite one's own navel (idiom) / fig. too late for regrets
to tug at / to pull at sb aggressively / to take sb's hand or arm in a too familiar way / (derog.) to hobnob / to consort
to be neither too familiar nor too distant / to keep sb at arm's length
refrain from going to extremes in meting out punishment / not be too hard on subject
(idiom) too appalling to look at
lit. I'm ashamed and dare not (accept the honor); fig. I do not deserve your praise. / You flatter me too much.
not to be censured too strictly (idiom) / not altogether inexcusable / understandable
lit. the eye cannot see the eyelashes (idiom); fig. unable to see one's own faults / to lack self-awareness / truths too close to home
too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
rooted to the spot (idiom); too terrified to move
lit. the eye cannot take it all in (idiom) / fig. too many good things to see; a feast for the eyes
too many to count / very many / innumerable
not enough time (to do sth) / too late (to do sth)
too polite / overcourteous
to overpraise / You praise me too much!
Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom); fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later / to cherish a snake in one's bosom
to shy to speak out / tongue-tied / to hesitate / too embarrassing for words
lit. face thirst and dig a well (idiom); fig. not to make adequate provision / to act when it is too late
(of a turn of events) not too encouraging / far from good / anything but reassuring
to have no time (for sth) / to be too busy (to do sth)
Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician / Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank / other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention
gaudy; having too many jumbled colors
to swell to bursting (after having eaten too much)
to eat too much / to binge
the rice is cooked / what's done is done / it's too late to change anything now (idiom)
lit. for some things a foot may be too short, and for the other an inch will suffice (proverb) / fig. everyone has their strong and weak points / everything has its advantages and disadvantages
a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom) / when you're with close friends, you can let your hair down
can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one
excessively / too
to meddle / to be a "nosy Parker" / to be too inquisitive about other people's business
lit. to take off trousers to fart / fig. to do something absolutely unnecessary / fig. to make things too complicated
too large or small for the feet (of shoes)
to push sb too far / to go too far (in oppressing people)
Please do not be too severe on me!
better kept under the table (idiom) / not to be disclosed / too inferior to show in public
it isn't worth it / not cost-effective / not profitable / too expensive

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