累 lèi
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 糸 — silk
- Made of
- 田 field, farm, arable land 糸 silk
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
累赘
léizhui
burdensome; encumbrance
Characters in this word
赘 zhuì
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- Made of
- 敖 to ramble, to play about 贝 sea shell
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这份报告删去大量累赘的背景介绍后，论证反而更有力量。 Zhè fèn bàogào shānqù dàliàng léizhui de bèijǐng jièshào hòu, lùnzhèng fǎn'ér gèng yǒu lìliàng. After removing a great deal of cumbersome background explanation, the report's argument became stronger instead.
- 旅行时带太多行李只会成为累赘。 Lǚxíng shí dài tài duō xíngli zhǐ huì chéngwéi léizhui. When travelling, taking too much luggage only becomes a burden.
- 这篇文章写得太累赘，删掉一半也不影响意思。 Zhè piān wénzhāng xiě de tài léizhui, shāndiào yí bàn yě bù yǐngxiǎng yìsi. This article is too wordy; you could cut half of it without changing the meaning.
Related words
- 累 lèi tired
- 积累 jīlěi to accumulate
- 劳累 láolèi tired from work; worn out
- 累计 lěijì to accumulate; cumulative total
- 累积 lěijī to accumulate; to build up
- 拖累 tuōlěi to drag down; to burden
- 精品 jīngpǐn fine work; premium product
- 精巧 jīngqiǎo exquisite; delicate; ingenious
- 手动 shǒudòng manual; manually operated
- 破旧 pòjiù worn-out; dilapidated; shabby
- 拼接 pīnjiē to splice; to join together
- 磨损 mósǔn to wear down; wear and tear