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叠床架屋

Word · IdiomTraditional疊牀架屋

redundant; superfluous; unnecessarily repetitive

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Meanings

1 sense · 4 examples
1.

idiom

to pile one bed upon another and build a house on top of a house; (fig.) to make something unnecessarily complicated; redundant; superfluous

formal

Used to criticize unnecessary repetition, redundancy, or over-complication in writing, organizational structures, or procedures. Often used in formal criticism.

Zhè这
piān篇
wén文
zhāng章
lǐ里
dié叠
chuáng床
jià架
wū屋
de的
lùn论
shù述
tài太
duō多
 ,
xū需
yào要
shān删
jiǎn减
 。

This article contains too much redundant discussion that needs to be cut.

Shè设
lì立
zhè这
me么
duō多
chóng重
fù复
de的
jī机
gòu构
 ,
jiǎn简
zhí直
shì是
dié叠
chuáng床
jià架
wū屋
 。

Setting up so many duplicate organizations is simply piling redundancy upon redundancy.

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Tā他
de的
lùn论
zhèng证
yǒu有
xiē些
dié叠
chuáng床
jià架
wū屋
 ,
tóng同
yī一
gè个
guān观
diǎn点
shuō说
le了
hǎo好
jǐ几
biàn遍
 。

His argument is somewhat repetitive, stating the same point several times over.

Jīng精
jiǎn简
jī机
gòu构
 ,
bì避
miǎn免
dié叠
chuáng床
jià架
wū屋
 。

Streamline the organizations to avoid unnecessary duplication.