超纲

超綱

chāogāng

adjective

Meanings

1 beyond the syllabus
2 outside the prescribed curriculum
3 exceeding the test outline

Characters

exceed / surpass

outline / syllabus

Examples

HSK 4

这道题对小学生来说太超纲了。

Zhè dào tí duì xiǎoxuéshēng láishuō tài chāogāng le.

This question is way beyond the syllabus for primary school students.

HSK 7-9

教育部明令禁止超纲教学。

Jiàoyùbù mínglìng jìnzhǐ chāogāng jiàoxué.

The Ministry of Education has explicitly banned teaching beyond the syllabus.

Tips

usage

纲 here is short for 教学大纲 (syllabus, curriculum outline). A test question is 超纲 when it asks for something the syllabus does not cover, and 超纲教学 means teaching beyond the syllabus, a phrase often heard in talk about schools and tutoring.

Stroke Order

超 chāo

纲 gāng