屋下架屋
wū​xià​jià​wū

unnecessary repetition

  • created reference approved 屋下架屋 → 床上叠床/床上疊床 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    屋下架屋 wū​xià​jià​wū

    床上叠床 / 床上疊床 chuáng​shàng​dié​chuáng

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 屋下架屋 · wū​xià​jià​wū · unnecessary repetition — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    屋下架屋

    wū​xià​jià​wū

    unnecessary repetition

    (idiom) to build a house under a house; to repeat or imitate others without any originality or innovation; redundant and cumbersome

    屋 (literal) → 屋 · wū · house 下 (literal) → 下 · xià · below 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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