overcompensate, overcompensate for [sth], overcompensate [sb]viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived."
(try too hard to correct [sth])
矫枉过正 vi
overcompensate, overcompensate for [sth], overcompensate [sb]vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat."