过火 meaning in English

guòhuǒ

to go too far; to go overboard (in words or actions); over the top; excessive

Traditional 過火10 strokes

Meaning of 过火

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

guòhuǒ
  1. to go too far; to go overboard (in words or actions)
  2. over the top; excessive
  3. burned

过火 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ觉jué得de您nín过guò火huǒ了le。
I think you went too far.
你nǐ曾céng经jīng生shēng过guò火huǒ吗ma?
Have you started a fire before?
快kuài点diǎn,不bù然rán你nǐ就jiù要yào错cuò过guò火huǒ车chē了le。
Hurry up, or you will miss the train.
走zǒu快kuài一yì点diǎn,不bù然rán你nǐ会huì错cuò过guò火huǒ车chē。
Walk faster, or you'll miss the train.
我wǒ已yǐ经jīng习xí惯guàn了le家jiā门mén口kǒu过guò火huǒ车chē的de声shēng音yīn了le。
I am used to hearing the train pass by my house.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

过 guò · to cross · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

火 huǒ · fire · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

Related words

Words that share a character with 过火.

火车huǒchētrain
不过bùguòonly; merely
过来guòláito come over; to manage
过去guòqù(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by
通过tōngguòto pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation)
经过jīngguòto pass; to go through
超过chāoguòto surpass; to exceed
难过nánguòto feel sad; to feel unwell
见过jiànguo
走过zǒuguòto walk past; to pass by
过年guòniánto celebrate the Chinese New Year
过程guòchéngcourse of events; process

Questions about 过火

What does 过火 mean?

过火 (guòhuǒ) means "to go too far; to go overboard (in words or actions); over the top; excessive".

How do you write 过火?

过火 is made of 2 characters: 过 (6 strokes), 火 (4 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.

How is 过火 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 过火 is written 過火.