累贅

简 累赘 · 繁 累贅
Mandarin · pinyin léi zhui

Meanings

  1. superfluous; cumbersome; burdensome
  2. a burden; an encumbrance
  3. to burden; to inconvenience
  4. (of speech or writing) long-winded
  5. Taiwan pr. lěizhuì
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累
lèi · tired; implicate, involve; bother
贅
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赘
zhuì · unnecessary, superfluous
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Mandarin tones

2–5 · lei2 zhui5

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leoi6 zeoi6

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verb

  1. to trouble someone; to bother; to be a burden on

noun

  1. trouble; bother; burden; hassle

adj

  1. troublesome; hassling; burdensome
  2. long-winded; wordy; verbose

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累贅 · lei2 zhui5
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Exact source record累贅 累赘 [lei2 zhui5] /superfluous; cumbersome; burdensome/a burden; an encumbrance/to burden; to inconvenience/(of speech or writing) long-winded/Taiwan pr. [lei3zhui4]/