See 多此一舉 on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "Literally, \"to do one more action\".",
"forms": [
{
"form": "多此一举",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "多此一舉",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi to the fourth tone",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "雨天澆地，多此一舉"
},
{
"word": "雨天浇地，多此一举"
}
],
"glosses": [
"an extraneous move; a useless action"
],
"id": "en-多此一舉-zh-phrase-z4bXElTu",
"links": [
[
"extraneous",
"extraneous"
],
[
"move",
"move"
],
[
"useless",
"useless"
],
[
"action",
"action"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "tiānxià běn wúshì",
"word": "天下本無事，庸人自擾之"
},
{
"roman": "tiānxià běn wúshì",
"word": "天下本无事，庸人自扰之"
},
{
"roman": "tuō kùzi fàngpì",
"word": "天下本無事，庸人自擾之"
},
{
"roman": "tuō kùzi fàngpì",
"word": "天下本无事，庸人自扰之庸人自擾"
},
{
"roman": "tuō kùzi fàngpì",
"word": "庸人自扰畫蛇添足"
},
{
"roman": "tuō kùzi fàngpì",
"word": "画蛇添足脫褲子放屁"
},
{
"roman": "tuō kùzi fàngpì",
"word": "脱裤子放屁"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "duōcǐyījǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄉㄨㄛ ㄘˇ ㄧ ㄐㄩˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "do¹ ci² jat¹ geoi²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "duōcǐyījǔ [Phonetic:duōcǐyìjǔ]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄉㄨㄛ ㄘˇ ㄧ ㄐㄩˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "duocǐhyijyǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "to¹-tzʻŭ³-i¹-chü³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "dwō-tsž-yī-jyǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "duotsyyijeu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "доцыицзюй"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "docyiczjuj"
},
{
"ipa": "/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "dō chí yāt géui"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "do¹ tsi² jat⁷ goey²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "do¹ qi² yed¹ gêu²"
},
{
"ipa": "/tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ kɵy̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: duōcǐyìjǔ]"
},
{
"ipa": "/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ kɵy̯³⁵/"
}
],
"word": "多此一舉"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "雨天澆地，多此一舉"
},
{
"word": "雨天浇地，多此一举"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Literally, \"to do one more action\".",
"forms": [
{
"form": "多此一举",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "多此一舉",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 一",
"Chinese terms spelled with 多",
"Chinese terms spelled with 此",
"Chinese terms spelled with 舉",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi to the fourth tone",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"an extraneous move; a useless action"
],
"links": [
[
"extraneous",
"extraneous"
],
[
"move",
"move"
],
[
"useless",
"useless"
],
[
"action",
"action"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "duōcǐyījǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄉㄨㄛ ㄘˇ ㄧ ㄐㄩˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "do¹ ci² jat¹ geoi²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "duōcǐyījǔ [Phonetic:duōcǐyìjǔ]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄉㄨㄛ ㄘˇ ㄧ ㄐㄩˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "duocǐhyijyǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "to¹-tzʻŭ³-i¹-chü³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "dwō-tsž-yī-jyǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "duotsyyijeu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "доцыицзюй"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "docyiczjuj"
},
{
"ipa": "/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "dō chí yāt géui"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "do¹ tsi² jat⁷ goey²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "do¹ qi² yed¹ gêu²"
},
{
"ipa": "/tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ kɵy̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: duōcǐyìjǔ]"
},
{
"ipa": "/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ kɵy̯³⁵/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "tiānxià běn wúshì",
"word": "天下本無事，庸人自擾之"
},
{
"roman": "tiānxià běn wúshì",
"word": "天下本无事，庸人自扰之"
},
{
"roman": "tuō kùzi fàngpì",
"word": "天下本無事，庸人自擾之"
},
{
"roman": "tuō kùzi fàngpì",
"word": "天下本无事，庸人自扰之庸人自擾"
},
{
"roman": "tuō kùzi fàngpì",
"word": "庸人自扰畫蛇添足"
},
{
"roman": "tuō kùzi fàngpì",
"word": "画蛇添足脫褲子放屁"
},
{
"roman": "tuō kùzi fàngpì",
"word": "脱裤子放屁"
}
],
"word": "多此一舉"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 多此一舉 meaning in All languages combined (3.1kB)
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