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累赘 (léi zhui) — (adjective) superfluous, cumbersome, verbose; (noun) a burden, an encumbrance; (verb) to burden, to encumber

Definition

累赘 (léizhui) means 'superfluous, burdensome' — it covers both extra/unnecessary things (like 多余) and weight on people (like 拖累), and can be adjective, noun, or verb.

adjective
superfluouscumbersomeverbose
noun
a burdenan encumbrance
verb
to burdento encumber

Examples

  • 累赘。
    Zhè piān wén zhāng lǐ yǒu hěn duō léi zhui de jù zi.
    This article has many superfluous sentences.
  • 累赘。
    Tā jué de jié hūn hòu hái zi huì chéng wéi léi zhui.
    He feels that after marriage, children will become a burden.
  • ，累赘。
    Bú yào dài tài duō xíng li, miǎn de léi zhui dà jiā.
    Don't take too much luggage, so as not to burden everyone.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

累lèiencumbering
赘zhuìsuperfluous

累 (encumbering) and 赘 (superfluous) together mean cumbersome or burdensome.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 贅; 赘 is its simplified writing.

  • 敖敖áoramble; travel
  • 貝貝bèimoney

The traditional form 贅 puts together 敖 (ramble; travel) and 貝 (money), describing money that goes away and ought to be taken back. The simplified 赘 is a shorter form.

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