trùng lắp
Definition
Adjective:
- Redundant / Repetitive: Describing something that is unnecessarily repeated, duplicating content or meaning that already exists.
- Overlapping: Describing elements that coincide or cover the same area, idea, or function, leading to a lack of efficiency or clarity.
Verb (to be redundant):
- To duplicate / To repeat unnecessarily: The act of creating or stating something again in a way that adds no new value or information.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- Hai báo cáo này có nội dung trùng lắp. (These two reports have redundant content.)
- Cần tránh các quy định trùng lắp. (It is necessary to avoid overlapping regulations.)
Verb:
- Không nên trùng lắp thông tin trong các chương. (One should not duplicate information across chapters.)
Advanced Usage
- Often used in formal, academic, or technical contexts (e.g., research, project management, legal documents) to criticize inefficiency.
- Implies a negative connotation of wastefulness or a lack of originality and precision.
Variants and Related Words
Trùng lặp: The more standard, formal variant with the same core meaning.
- Sự kiện này trùng lặp với sự kiện kia. (This event coincides with that one.)
Trùng: To coincide, to match.
- Ngày nghỉ của chúng tôi trùng nhau. (Our days off coincide.)
Synonyms
- Redundant: Not needed, superfluous.
- Repetitive: Involving unnecessary repetition.
- Overlapping: Coinciding or covering part of the same area.
- Duplicative: Involving duplication.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Sự trùng lắp: (Noun phrase) Redundancy, duplication.
- Sự trùng lắp trong thiết kế gây lãng phí. (Redundancy in design causes waste.)