wū​shàng​jià​wū

unnecessary repetition

  • created reference approved 屋上架屋 → 屋下架屋 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    屋上架屋 wū​shàng​jià​wū

    屋下架屋 wū​xià​jià​wū

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  • created reference approved 屋上架屋 → 叠床架屋/疊床架屋 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    屋上架屋 wū​shàng​jià​wū

    叠床架屋 / 疊床架屋 dié​chuáng​jià​wū

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  • created sense approved 屋上架屋 · wū​shàng​jià​wū · unnecessary repetition — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    屋上架屋

    wū​shàng​jià​wū

    unnecessary repetition

    Literally meaning to build a house on top of a house; describes unnecessary repetition, organizational redundancy, or a lack of original ideas.

    屋 (literal) → 屋 · wū · house 上 (literal) → 上 · shang · on 架 (literal) → 架 · jià · to support 屋 (literal) → 屋 · wū · house

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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