Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Overdue; past the deadline: Refers to something that has exceeded its allowed or stipulated time period. Commonly used for borrowed items, payments, or documents.
   • Expired; out of date: Describes something that is no longer valid because its period of validity has ended.

2. Verb phrase (to be overdue/to expire):

   • To exceed a time limit; to be past the due date: The state of having gone beyond an established deadline.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sách thư viện đã quá hạn. (The library book is overdue.)
  • Hộ chiếu của tôi quá hạn rồi. (My passport has expired.)
• Verb phrase:
  • Anh ấy để hóa đơn quá hạn thanh toán. (He let the bill become overdue.)

Advanced Usage

• "quá hạn sử dụng": past the expiration date (used for consumable goods).
  • Sữa này đã quá hạn sử dụng. (This milk is past its expiration date.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hết hạn (v/phr): to expire, to be no longer valid. Often interchangeable with "quá hạn" for validity periods.
  • Thẻ thành viên của tôi đã hết hạn. (My membership card has expired.)

Synonyms

• Overdue: Past the due date (for returns, payments).
• Expired: No longer valid (for documents, licenses).
• Lapsed: Having ended due to time.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Quá hạn nộp phạt: past the penalty payment deadline.
  • Vi phạm giao thông mà quá hạn nộp phạt sẽ bị tăng tiền. (If you pay a traffic fine past the deadline, the amount will increase.)

1. In excess of the time limit, overdue
   • Mượn sách quá hạn mà chưa trả
     To keep a borrowed book in excess of the time limit; to keep a book overdue