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"superfluous" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
多余 多餘 duō yú superfluous / unnecessary / surplus syn
累赘 纍贅 léi zhuì superfluous / cumbersome / a burden on sb / a nuisance to sb / to inconvenience / to tie sb down / long-winded (of writing) / also pr. [lei2 zhui5] syn
冗长 冗長 rǒng cháng long and tedious / redundant / superfluous / supernumerary / verbose (of writing) syn
多此一举 多此一舉 duō cǐ yī jǔ to do more than is required (idiom) / superfluous / gilding the lily syn
肉瘤 ròu liú wart / sarcoma / superfluous / useless syn
浮 fú to float / superficial / floating / unstable / movable / provisional / temporary / transient / impetuous / hollow / inflated / to exceed / superfluous / excessive / surplus syn
衍 yǎn to spread out / to develop / to overflow / to amplify / superfluous syn
赘 贅 zhuì (bound form) superfluous / (bound form) (of a man) to move into the household of one's in-laws after marrying / (of the bride's parents) to have the groom join one's household syn
疣赘 疣贅 yóu zhuì wart / superfluous / useless
赘余 贅餘 zhuì yú superfluous
Chinese Pinyin Translation
废话 廢話 fèi huà nonsense / rubbish / superfluous words / You don't say! / No kidding! (gently sarcastic) syn
画蛇添足 畫蛇添足 huà shé tiān zú lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom) / fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it syn
赘言 贅言 zhuì yán superfluous words / unnecessary detail syn
冗员 冗員 rǒng yuán excess personnel / superfluous staff
烦 煩 fán to feel vexed / to bother / to trouble / superfluous and confusing / edgy syn
附赘悬疣 附贅懸疣 fù zhuì xuán yóu superfluous or useless appendages / superfluities syn
冗笔 冗筆 rǒng bǐ superfluous words (in writing) / superfluous strokes (in calligraphy)
多馀 多餘 duō yú superfluous / unnecessary / surplus
赘瘤 贅瘤 zhuì liú wart / (fig.) sth superfluous and undesirable syn
赘疣 贅疣 zhuì yóu wart / (fig.) superfluous thing syn
冗兵 rǒng bīng superfluous troops
冗词 冗詞 rǒng cí tautology / superfluous words syn
挨不上 āi bù shàng to be irrelevant / to be superfluous
无病自灸 無病自灸 wú bìng zì jiǔ lit. to prescribe moxibustion for oneself when not ill / to cause oneself trouble with superfluous action
芜累 蕪累 wú lěi mixed-up and superfluous
芜词 蕪詞 wú cí superfluous words
蛇足 shé zú lit. legs on a snake / sth superfluous syn
赘物 贅物 zhuì wù sth that is superfluous
赘生 贅生 zhuì shēng excrescence / abnormal superfluous growth
赘词 贅詞 zhuì cí superfluous words / unnecessary detail
赘语 贅語 zhuì yǔ superfluous words / pleonasm
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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