Chinese Word: 赘 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

赘 (Trad.: 贅)

Pinyin: zhuì

English Definition: superfluous; redundant; cumbersome; refers to a son-in-law living with wife's family

Chinese Definition:
①多余的，多而无用的：累(léi)赘。赘述。赘言。赘词。
②招女婿：赘婿。入赘。招赘。
③会聚。
④方言，使受累赘：这孩子赘得我什么也干不了。
⑤古同“缀”，连结。

Total strokes: 14; Radical: 貝

Pictophonetic:贝 indicates the sound; 敖 (leisure) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 敖 [ áo ] to ramble, to play about; leisurely; surname
- 贝 [ bèi ] sea shell; money, currency

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赘述	zhuì shù	to say more than is necessary; to give unnecessary details
入赘	rù zhuì	to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
赘言	zhuì yán	superfluous words; unnecessary detail
赘疣	zhuì yóu	wart; sth superfluous
赘婿	zhuì xù	son-in-law living at wife's parent's house

1		jiào zuò 叫做 xī ròu 息肉 de 的 xiǎo 小 zhuì shēng wù 赘生物 hé 和 ái zhèng 癌症 yí yàng 一样， dōu 都 jiàng 将 zhè lǐ 这里 shì wéi 视为 wò tǔ 沃土。 Small growths called polyps, as well as cancers, also favour this site.
2		cóng 从 tā 他 de 的 jiǎo dù 角度 lái 来 kě néng 可能 zhè 这 hěn 很 yǒu qù 有趣， dàn shì 但是 dà 大 zhěng tǐ 整体 huì 会 yǒu yī gè 有一个 yào 要 chǔ lǐ 处理 de 的 zhuì shēng wù 赘生物。 That might seem fun from his perspective, but then the larger body has a tumor to deal with.
3		zài 在 cǐ 此 wǒ 我 bù 不 dǎ suàn 打算 duō jiā 多加 zhuì cí 赘词， yīn wèi 因为 wǒ 我 bú shi 不是 lái 来 zhè 这 tǎo lùn 讨论， shì fǒu 是否 gāi 该 jù jué 拒绝 chéng rèn 承认 líng hún 灵魂 de 的 cún zài 存在 de 的。 Now I use this to cover some phrase because I'm not here talking about rejecting the existence of souls.