多此一举 — Chinese idiom
多此一举
duō cǐ yī jǔ
Traditional: 多此一舉
Meaning
- to do more than is required ; superfluous
- gilding the lily
Character by character
- 多duōmuch, many, multi-; more than, over
- 此cǐthis, these; in this case, then
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 举jǔto raise; to recommend; to praise
Idioms sharing a character
- 不遑多让 bù huáng duō ràng
- 人多势众 rén duō shì zhòng
- 以少胜多 yǐ shǎo shèng duō
- 债多不愁 zhài duō bù chóu
- 僧多粥少 sēng duō zhōu shǎo
- 凶多吉少 xiōng duō jí shǎo
- 博学多才 bó xué duō cái
- 博识多通 bó shí duō tōng
- 名目繁多 míng mù fán duō
- 命途多舛 mìng tú duō chuǎn
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