晴天打雨伞,多此一举 晴天打雨傘,多此一舉 晴天打雨傘,多此一舉

holding an umbrella on a sunny day: an extra move

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning
Doing something unnecessary. Mildly critical or teasing.
Wordplay
举 (jǔ) means both the raising of the hand to hold up the umbrella and a person's action in general.
Simplified
晴天打雨伞,多此一举
Traditional (Taiwan)
晴天打雨傘,多此一舉
Pinyin
qíngtiān dǎ yǔsǎn,duōcǐyìjǔ
Bopomofo
ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄚˇ ㄩˇ ㄙㄢˇ,ㄉㄨㄛ ㄘˇ ㄧˋ ㄐㄩˇ

Written with HSK 2 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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