quá hạn
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Definition
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- Expired; out of date: Describes something that is no longer valid because its period of validity has ended.
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- Hết hạn (v/phr): to expire, to be no longer valid.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- Expired: No longer valid (for documents, licenses).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.)
- In excess of the time limit, overdue
- Mượn sách quá hạn mà chưa trảTo keep a borrowed book in excess of the time limit; to keep a book overdue