shàng
jià

idiom
common

Meaning of 屋上架屋

屋上架屋 means to build a house on top of a house; (fig.) redundant organizational structure or unnecessary repetition. Pronounced wū shàng jià wū.

  • to build a house on top of a house; (fig.) redundant organizational structure or unnecessary repetition

Definitions & Examples

Zhèng
mén
shàng
jià
 
dǎo
zhì
shěn
liú
chéng
yuè
lái
yuè
màn
 

Government departments have built houses on top of houses, causing approval processes to become slower and slower.

Zhè
piān
wén
zhāng
shàng
jià
 
tóng
yàng
de
si
chóng
le
sān
biàn
 

This article is redundant, repeating the same meaning three times.

Gōng
jià
gòu
shàng
jià
 
céng
tài
duō
 
jué
xiào
xià
 

The company structure is bloated with too many layers, resulting in inefficient decision-making.