多余

duō yú · duo yu

Traditional 多餘

Meaning

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  1. superfluous
  2. unnecessary
  3. surplus

In a sentence

2 examples
01

事(shì)实(shí)证(zhèng)明(míng)了(le)我(wǒ)们(men)的(de)担(dān)心(xīn)是(shì)多(duō)余(yú)的(de)。

The facts proved that our worries were unnecessary.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nevergetup · English by nevergetup · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

把(bǎ)你(nǐ)句(jù)子(zi)中(zhōng)的(de)这(zhè)个(ge)词(cí)去(qù)掉(diào),因(yīn)为(wèi)它(tā)是(shì)多(duō)余(yú)的(de)。

Omit this word in your sentence because it's not necessary.

Tatoeba: Chinese by maxine · English by maxine · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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