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What does 过头 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

过头 guòtóu

to go too far; excessive

It can also mean

  • overhead; above one's head

Its characters

  1. 过 guò too
  2. 头 tóu head

In a sentence

玩笑开过头就不好笑了。 A joke stops being funny when it goes too far.

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