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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 多此一举
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 多此一举 | duō cǐ yī jǔ | - to do more than is required (idiom); superfluous - gilding the lily |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 22,584 | 47,721 | 35,748 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 多 | duō | - many; much; more; a lot of - too many; in excess - (after a numeral) ... odd - how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) - (bound form) multi-; poly- |
| 此 | cǐ | - this; these |
| 一 | yī | - one - single - a (article) - as soon as - entire; whole; all; throughout - "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) - also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 举 | jǔ | - variant of 舉|举[ju3] |
| 举 | jǔ | - to lift - to hold up - to cite - to enumerate - to act - to raise - to choose - to elect - act - move - deed |
Other Words Containing 多此一举
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 多此一举 | - | - | 22,584 | 47,721 | 35,748 |