redundant narration; belabor; verbosity
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesverb
to give unnecessary details; to elaborate redundantly; to belabor a point
formalTypically employed in negative constructions (e.g., 不须赘述, 无需赘述) to indicate that further explanation is superfluous. The term carries a formal, literary register and often implies that brevity is preferable.
Bù不
xū须
zhuì赘
shù述
。
No need for redundant elaboration.
Qí其
zhōng中
de的
dào道
lǐ理
xiǎn显
ér而
yì易
jiàn见
，
wú无
xū需
zhuì赘
shù述
。
The principle is obvious and requires no further elaboration.
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Tā他
zài在
bào报
gào告
zhōng中
zhuì赘
shù述
le了
xǔ许
duō多
wú无
guān关
de的
xì细
jié节
，
shǐ使
tīng听
zhòng众
gǎn感
dào到
yān厌
fán烦
。
He belabored many irrelevant details in his report, boring the audience.
Wèi为
bì避
miǎn免
zhuì赘
shù述
，
xià下
wén文
jǐn仅
liè列
chū出
zhǔ主
yào要
jié结
lùn论
。
To avoid redundancy, only the main conclusions are listed below.