多余 (duō yú) — superfluous, unnecessary, redundant

Definition

多余 means 'unnecessary / superfluous' — it judges a thing itself as not needed, while 过分 judges a behavior as going too far. 累赘 adds a sense of being cumbersome or wordy.

superfluousunnecessaryredundant

Examples

  • 多余
    Zhè xiē xìn xī dōu shì duō yú de, nǐ bù xū yào dān xīn.
    All this information is superfluous; you don't need to worry.
  • Tā jué de zì jǐ de huà hěn duō yú.
    He feels his words are very unnecessary.
  • 多余
    Xiě wén zhāng shí jǐn liàng qù diào duō yú de bù fen.
    When writing an article, try to remove the superfluous parts.

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