多此一举

多此一舉

duōcǐ-yījǔ

idiom #22,584

Meanings

HSK 3

他们派两个人去做一个人就能完成的工作，真是多此一举。

Tāmen pài liǎng gè rén qù zuò yī gè rén jiù néng wánchéng de gōngzuò, zhēnshì duōcǐ-yījǔ.

Sending two people to do a job one person could handle is completely unnecessary.

HSK 4

你已经解释得很清楚了，再说一遍真是多此一举。

Nǐ yǐjīng jiěshì de hěn qīngchǔ le, zài shuō yī biàn zhēnshì duōcǐ-yījǔ.

You've already explained it clearly - saying it again would be superfluous.

memory

Think: 多 (extra) + 此 (this) + 一 (one) + 举 (move/action) = one extra unnecessary move.

多 duō

此 cǐ

一 yī

举 jǔ