赘 zhuì unnecessary
unnecessary; superfluous
怎么记住“赘”: 敖 to ramble + 贝 sea shell = unnecessary. Grandpa loves to ramble along the beach for hours, but once they have found one sea shell the kids find the rest unnecessary.
部件结构
赘 = 敖 to ramble + 贝 sea shell
- 敖 to ramble
- 贝 sea shell
Grandpa loves to ramble along the beach for hours, but once they have found one sea shell the kids find the rest unnecessary.
用法
- Superfluous/redundant, and a burden - 累赘 (léizhui): cumbersome/a burden (行李太累赘 the luggage is a nuisance; 文字累赘 wordy prose), 赘述 (zhuìshù) to say more than needed (不再赘述 I won't belabor it).
- 赘肉 (zhuìròu) means flab/excess fat; 入赘 (rùzhuì) means for a man to marry into the wife's family. Core sense: excess baggage.