"Superfluous" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 多余 | duō yú | superfluous / unnecessary / surplus |   |
| 累赘 | léi zhuì | superfluous / cumbersome / a burden on sb / a nuisance to sb / to inconvenience / to tie sb down / long-winded (of writing) / also pr. [lei2 zhui5] | |
| 冗长 | rǒng cháng | long and tedious / redundant / superfluous / supernumerary / verbose (of writing) | |
| 多此一举 | duō cǐ yī jǔ | to do more than is required (idiom) / superfluous / gilding the lily | |
| 肉瘤 | ròu liú | wart / sarcoma / superfluous / useless | |
| 浮 |  fú | to float / superficial / floating / unstable / movable / provisional / temporary / transient / impetuous / hollow / inflated / to exceed / superfluous / excessive / surplus | |
| 衍 | yǎn | to spread out / to develop / to overflow / to amplify / superfluous | |
| 赘 | zhuì | superfluous / redundant / cumbersome / refers to a son-in-law living with wife's family | |
| 疣赘 | yóu zhuì | wart / superfluous / useless | |
| 赘余 | zhuì yú | superfluous | |
| 废话 | fèi huà | nonsense / rubbish / superfluous words / You don't say! / No kidding! (gently sarcastic) | |
| 画蛇添足 | huà shé tiān zú | lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom) / fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it | |
| 赘言 | zhuì yán | superfluous words / unnecessary detail | |
| 冗员 | rǒng yuán | excess personnel / superfluous staff | |
| 烦 | fán | to feel vexed / to bother / to trouble / superfluous and confusing / edgy | |
| 附赘悬疣 | fù zhuì xuán yóu | superfluous or useless appendages / superfluities | |
| 多馀 | duō yú | superfluous / unnecessary / surplus | |
| 赘瘤 | zhuì liú | wart / (fig.) sth superfluous and undesirable | |
| 赘疣 | zhuì yóu | wart / sth superfluous | |
| 冗兵 | rǒng bīng | superfluous troops | |
| 冗笔 | rǒng bǐ | superfluous words (in writing) / superfluous strokes (in calligraphy) | |
| 冗词 | rǒng cí | tautology / superfluous words | |
| 挨不上 | āi bù shàng | to be irrelevant / to be superfluous | |
| 无病自灸 | wú bìng zì jiǔ | lit. to prescribe moxibustion for oneself when not ill / to cause oneself trouble with superfluous action | |
| 芜累 | wú lěi | mixed-up and superfluous | |
| 芜词 | wú cí | superfluous words | |
| 蛇足 | shé zú | lit. legs on a snake / sth superfluous | |
| 赘物 | zhuì wù | sth that is superfluous | |
| 赘生 | zhuì shēng | excrescence / abnormal superfluous growth | |
| 赘词 | zhuì cí | superfluous words / unnecessary detail | |
| 赘语 | zhuì yǔ | superfluous words / pleonasm | |
