多此一舉

See also: 多此一举

Chinese

		many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	this; these	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	action, deed
trad. (多此一舉)		多	此	一	舉
simp. (多此一举)		多	此	一	举

Etymology

Literally, "to do one more action".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duōcǐyījǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛ ㄘˇ ㄧ ㄐㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): do¹ ci² jat¹ geoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duōcǐyījǔ [Phonetic: duōcǐyìjǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛ ㄘˇ ㄧ ㄐㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duocǐhyijyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: to¹-tzʻŭ³-i¹-chü³
    • Yale: dwō-tsž-yī-jyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duotsyyijeu
    • Palladius: доцыицзюй (docyiczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: do¹ ci² jat¹ geoi²
    • Yale: dō chí yāt géui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ tsi² jat⁷ goey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: do¹ qi² yed¹ gêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ kɵy̯³⁵/

Idiom

多此一舉

1. an extraneous move; a useless action

Synonyms

• • 天下本無事，庸人自擾之 / 天下本无事，庸人自扰之 (tiānxià běn wúshì, yōngrén zì rǎo zhī)
  • 庸人自擾 / 庸人自扰 (yōngrénzìrǎo)
  • 畫蛇添足 / 画蛇添足 (huàshétiānzú)
  • 脫褲子放屁 / 脱裤子放屁 (tuō kùzi fàngpì)

   

Derived terms

• 雨天澆地，多此一舉 / 雨天浇地，多此一举