excessive; too much; going too far
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesadjective
excessive; too much; going too far; undue
formalMost commonly encountered in the idiom 欺人太甚 (qī rén tài shèn), meaning to bully someone too much or to go too far. Can also appear in other formal or literary contexts.
Nǐ你
zhè这
yàng样
zuò做
shí实
zài在
shì是
qī欺
rén人
tài太
shèn甚
。
What you are doing is really going too far in bullying others.
Tā他
de的
yāo要
qiú求
tài太
guò过
fèn分
le了
，
jiǎn简
zhí直
shì是
qī欺
rén人
tài太
shèn甚
。
His demands are excessive; it is simply bullying taken too far.
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Yán言
zhī之
tài太
shèn甚
，
fǎn反
ér而
nán难
yǐ以
fú服
zhòng众
。
Speaking in such extreme terms will instead make it hard to convince the masses.