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HSK 6 Adverbs

未免

Rather too / a bit too (未免)

Structure 未免 + 太/过于 + (over-the-top) judgment

未免 (wèimiǎn) introduces a softened judgment that something goes too far: «that really is a bit…». It opens an evaluative clause and is almost always followed by 太 or 过于: 你这样说未免太过分了 = «putting it that way is, frankly, going a little too far». It tempers a criticism (not a flat «no», but a polite reproach). Mind its two neighbours: 难免 (HSK 5) says something is unavoidable, and 不免 marks a natural consequence; 未免, by contrast, is always the speaker's reproach of excess.

Examples

  • zhèyàngshuōwèimiǎntàiguòfènle

    Putting it that way is, frankly, going a bit too far.

  • wèizhèdiǎnxiǎoshìshēngwèimiǎntàijiàole

    Getting angry over such a trifle is rather too petty.

  • zhègejiélùnxiàdewèimiǎntàicǎoshuài

    Drawing that conclusion is somewhat too hasty.

  • jiùyāoqiúzhèmeduōwèimiǎnguò

    Demanding so much all at once is rather too harsh.

Levels are indicative: they follow the standard Chinese Grammar Wiki (AllSet Learning) progression, not an official HSK 3.0 mapping. We never assign levels by eye.

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