赘 zhuì unnecessary
unnecessary; superfluous
怎么记住“赘”: 敖 to ramble + 贝 sea shell = unnecessary. Grandpa loves to ramble along the beach for hours, but once they have found one sea shell the kids find the rest unnecessary.
部件结构
会意 · Meaning + meaning · 假借 borrowed for its sound
Two or more parts whose meanings together make the new meaning.
赘 = 敖 to ramble + 贝 sea shell
- 敖 to ramble meaning
- 贝 sea shell meaning
Grandpa loves to ramble along the beach for hours, but once they have found one sea shell the kids find the rest unnecessary.
How it came to be
Rambling and a shell for money make money that goes away and must be taken back, a pledge; the modern sense came later by borrowing.
用法
- Superfluous/redundant, and a burden: 累赘 (léizhui): cumbersome/a burden (行李太累赘 the luggage is a nuisance; 文字累赘 wordy prose), 赘述 (zhuìshù) to say more than needed (不再赘述 I won't belabor it).
- 赘肉 (zhuìròu) means flab/excess fat; 入赘 (rùzhuì) means for a man to marry into the wife's family. Core sense: excess baggage.