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Japanese
Etymology
Calque of Literary Chinese 過猶不及 (guòyóubùjí). Analyzable as
過ぎたる (sugitaru, “perfective of 過ぎる (sugiru, “too much”)”) + 猶…ごとし (nao…gotoshi, “just like”) + 及ばざる (oyobazaru, “adnominal negative of 及ぶ (oyobu), not enough”)
Proverb
過ぎたるは猶及ばざるがごとし • (sugitaru wa nao oyobazaru ga gotoshi) ←すぎたるはなほおよばざるがごとし (sugitaru fa nafo oyobazaru ga gotosi)?
- too much of a good thing