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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries重复发明轮子
Pronunciation / Transliteration: chóngfù fāmíng lúnzi
"我们应该利用现有的代码，而不是重复发明轮子。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To duplicate a method or solution that has already been created or optimized by someone else, resulting in a waste of time and effort.
"Instead of writing our own database from scratch, we should use an existing open-source library and avoid reinventing the wheel." - 2
To needlessly start from the very beginning on a project or task when standard procedures or templates are already available.
"The marketing team wasted days designing a new layout; there is no need to reinvent the wheel when we have successful templates from last year."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Originating in the mid-20th century within engineering and programming contexts, this idiom draws upon the fundamental nature of the wheel as one of humanity's earliest and most basic inventions. It evolved to describe the redundant duplication of an already existing and well-proven solution, warning against the waste of time and resources on solved problems.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Reinvent the wheel" is said worldwide
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réinventer la roue
Transliteration: ré-in-van-ter la rου
"Ne réinventons pas la roue pour ce projet."
das Rad neu erfinden
Transliteration: das Rad noi er-fin-den
"Wir müssen das Rad nicht neu erfinden."
reinventare la ruota
Transliteration: re-in-ven-ta-re la rwo-ta
"Non serve reinventare la ruota ogni volta."
reinventar la rueda
Transliteration: rein-ben-tar la rwe-da
"Usemos el software existente en lugar de reinventar la rueda."
reinventar a roda
Transliteration: he-in-ven-tar a ho-da
"Não precisamos reinventar a roda para resolver este problema."
पहिया दोबारा आविष्कार करना
Transliteration: pahiya dobara avishkar karna
"पहले से मौजूद समाधानों का उपयोग करें, पहिया दोबारा आविष्कार न करें।"
重复发明轮子
Transliteration: chóngfù fāmíng lúnzi
"我们应该利用现有的代码，而不是重复发明轮子。"
바퀴를 다시 발명하다
Transliteration: bakwireul dasi balmyeonghada
"이미 있는 기술을 두고 바퀴를 다시 발명할 필요는 없다."
車輪の再発明
Transliteration: sharin no saihatsumei
"私たちは車輪の再発明を避けるべきだ。"
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