堆砌

duīqì

HSK 7

堆砌 — duīqì

1. to pile up; to stack (literally, e.g. bricks, objects)

   工人把砖块整齐地堆砌在墙边。 gōngrén bǎ zhuānkuài zhěngqí dì duīqì zài qiángbiān — The workers neatly piled the bricks along the wall.

2. to pad out; to embellish or overload (writing or speech) with ornate phrases; to pile up (figuratively)

   这篇文章语言华丽，但内容空洞，充满了堆砌的辞藻。 zhè piānwénzhāng yǔyán huálì dàn nèiróngkōngdòng chōngmǎn le duīqì de cízǎo — The article's language is ornate but its content is hollow, full of padded phrases.