"superfluous" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
多余 多餘 duō yú v., adj. superfluous / unnecessary / surplus syn
浮 fú v. to float / superficial / floating / unstable / movable / provisional / temporary / transient / impetuous / hollow / inflated / to exceed / superfluous / excessive / surplus syn
累赘 纍贅 léi zhuì adj., v., n. 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 adj. 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
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
冗 宂 rǒng extraneous / redundant / superfluous / busy schedule syn
疣赘 疣贅 yóu zhuì wart / superfluous / useless
累坠 纍墜 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] / variant of 累贅|累赘[lei2 zhui4]
赘余 贅餘 zhuì yú superfluous
Chinese Pinyin Translation
废话 廢話 fèi huà n., v. 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
烦 煩 fán adj., v. to feel vexed / to bother / to trouble / superfluous and confusing / edgy syn
赘言 贅言 zhuì yán superfluous words / unnecessary detail syn
冗员 冗員 rǒng yuán excess personnel / superfluous staff
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
冗辞 冗辭 rǒng cí tautology / superfluous words / variant of 冗詞|冗词[rong3 ci2]
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
迭床架屋 dié chuáng jià wū (idiom) To pile up repetitive and superfluous elements / used of speech or writing that is cumbersome and redundant.
举要删芜 jǔ yào shān wú (idiom) To retain what is important and remove disorderly or superfluous material. It is especially used when advising writers to focus on the main points.
骈拇枝指 駢拇枝指 pián mǔ zhī zhǐ (idiom) Refers to something superfluous and useless.
冗词赘句 rǒng cí zhuì jù (idiom) Superfluous and useless words or sentences in a poem or piece of writing. syn
悬疣附赘 xuán yóu fù zhuì (idiom) Describes something burdensome, superfluous, and useless.
余食赘行 yú shí zhuì xíng (idiom) It refers to something superfluous and unwelcome that could be dispensed with. It describes something regarded as undesirable or burdensome.
举要治繁 jǔ yào zhì fán (idiom) In writing, one should grasp the essential points and revise the cluttered or superfluous parts.
头上著头 頭上著頭 tóu shàng zhuó tóu (idiom) To describe something superfluous or repetitive, added without necessity.
床上叠床 chuáng shàng dié chuáng (idiom) It describes unnecessary repetition or a superfluous addition. It is equivalent to adding one bed on top of another.
床下安床 chuáng xià ān chuáng (idiom) It describes pointless repetition or a superfluous complication. It is equivalent to putting one bed under another.
枝词蔓语 zhī cí màn yǔ (idiom) Verbose, disorganized, and superfluous words. The expression can also refer to discourse that gets tangled in unnecessary details.
浮笔浪墨 浮筆浪墨 fú bǐ làng mò (idiom) Refers to superfluous and cumbersome wording in a text.
烦文缛礼 煩文縟禮 fán wén rù lǐ (idiom) Complicated, superfluous, and unnecessary rituals or formalities.
画蛇著足 huà shé zhuó zú (idiom) To do something superfluous that, far from being useful, becomes inappropriate. It is equivalent to “adding feet to a snake.”
闲言赘语 xián yán zhuì yǔ (idiom) Unimportant or superfluous words.
附赘县疣 fù zhuì xiàn yóu (idiom) A small growth attached to the skin. By extension, the expression refers to something superfluous and useless.
附赘悬肬 fù zhuì xuán shé (idiom) A small growth attached to the skin. By analogy, it refers to something superfluous and useless. It is synonymous with “附赘县疣”.
附赘悬胾 fù zhuì xuán shé (idiom) A small growth attached to the skin. Figuratively, something superfluous and useless.
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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