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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
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-
- this; these
- 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
- variant of 舉|举[ju3]
- 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