堆砌

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Chinese

a pile; a mass; heap
a pile; a mass; heap; stack
 
to build by laying bricks or stones
simp. and trad.
(堆砌)

Pronunciation


Verb

堆砌

  1. to pile up something in order to build something; to build (by stacking up)
    孩子海灘沙子堆砌城堡 [MSC, trad.]
    孩子海滩沙子堆砌城堡 [MSC, simp.]
    Háizi men zài hǎitān biān yòng shāzi duīqì chéngbǎo.
    The children are building sandcastles on the beach.
  2. (figurative, derogatory) to fill one's writing with florid and fancy phrases such as purple prose