重叠 (重疊)
chóng dié
Pinyin
Definition
重叠 (重疊)
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- to overlap
- to superimpose
- to telescope
- to run together
- to duplicate
- one over another
- superposition
- an overlap
- redundancy
- reduplication (in Chinese grammar, e.g. 散散步[sàn sàn bù] to have a stroll)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一言为重
- 1 each word carries weight
- 2 a promise must be kept (idiom)
不知轻重
- 1 lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things
- 2 naive
- 3 doesn't know who's who
- 4 no sense of priorities
功高望重
- 1 high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
千里送鹅毛,礼轻人意重
- 1 goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
千里送鹅毛,礼轻情意重
- 1 goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
Sample Sentences
某些回忆,会在看到一些和过去重叠的细节时,如走马灯般断断续续地重播。
Certain memories will replay in my mind intermittently like a carousel lamp when I see some little details.