操之过急
cāozhī-guòjíTraditional 操之過急
to act too hastily
Every meaning
cāozhī-guòjí
- to act too hastily
Its characters
- 操cāoto hold; to grasp
- 之zhī(particle) of; 's (literary 的)
- 过guòto cross; to go past
- 急jíanxious; worried
Words with 操
Words with 之
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.