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多此一举

duō cǐ yī jǔ

4-character word Traditional 多此一舉

What 多此一举 means

1. to do more than is required (idiom); superfluous
2. gilding the lily

The characters in 多此一举

• 多duōmany; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd
• 此cǐthis; these
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 举jǔto lift; to hold up; to cite

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