needless duplication
Toushangzhutou, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ó ush à ngzhu ó t ó u, which means "toushangzhutou", a metaphor for redundancy and repetition. It comes from the Song Dynasty's shidaoyuan biography of lanterns in Jingde.
Idiom usage
To be a predicate or an object
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: head to head
The origin of Idioms
Song Shidao's original "Jingde Zhuandeng Lu" Volume 19: "if there's anything wrong with you, it's just writing on the top of your head and adding insult to injury."
Idiom explanation
It is said that the head is secure. Metaphor is superfluous and repetitive.
Chinese PinYin : tóu shàng zhuó tóu
needless duplication
Words are not words, deeds are not far. yán zhī bù wén,xíng zhī bù yuǎn
pay even for a horse 's drink of water -- extreme honesty. yìn mǎ tóu qián
abuse one 's power and take bribes. lǎn quán nà huì