粵

過gwo3籠lung4

simp过笼
gwo3 lung4guò lóng

English

  1. over the limit; over its intention (spoken)
  2. to go beyond expectations; to overdo something; to "go too far"; to do something to excess

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 超出預期嘅程度、範圍,過份咗

Examples

  • 醒過龍

    too (worldly-)wise; smartass

  • 好心過龍

    to have a bad outcome out of a good intention

  • 眼大睇過龍

    to overlook something obvious

  • 哎呀,瞓過龍啊!

    Oh gosh, (I) overslept!

  • 吹水吹到過晒龍,差啲遲大到!

    I chitchatted with others too much, I was almost pretty late!

  • 火力唔好過龍,唔係就會煮燶。

    The heat power should not be too high. Otherwise it will be over-burnt.

  • 我哋係咪應該反省下,我哋噉做究竟係咪過咗龍呢?

    Should we think twice about whether we really did too far?

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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