"Unnecessarily" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 无谓 | wú wèi | pointless / meaningless / unnecessarily |  |
| 故弄玄虚 | gù nòng xuán xū | deliberately mystifying / to make sth unnecessarily complicated |  |
| 嚼舌 | jiáo shé | to gossip / to argue unnecessarily | |
| 繁文缛节 | fán wén rù jié | convoluted and overelaborate (document) / unnecessarily elaborate writing / mumbo-jumbo | |
| 替古人担忧 | tì gǔ rén dān yōu | to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom) / to worry unnecessarily / crying over spilt milk / often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues | |
| 替古人耽忧 | tì gǔ rén dān yōu | to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom) / to worry unnecessarily / crying over spilt milk / often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues | |
| 嚼舌根 | jiáo shé gēn | to gossip / to argue unnecessarily | |
| 徒自惊扰 | tú zì jīng rǎo | to alarm oneself unnecessarily (idiom) | |
| 嚼舌头 | jiáo shé tóu | to gossip / to argue unnecessarily | |
