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): ㄉㄨㄛㄘˇ ㄧㄐㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): do¹ ci² jat¹ geoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: duōcǐyījǔ [Phonetic: duōcǐyìjǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛㄘˇ ㄧㄐㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duotsyyijeu
  - IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: do¹ ci² jat¹ geoi²
  - Yale: dō chí yāt géui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ tsi² jat⁷ goey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: do¹ qi² yed¹ gêu²
  - IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ kɵy̯³⁵/

Idiom

多此一舉

an extraneous move; a useless action

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