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車(しゃ)輪(りん)の再(さい)発(はつ)明(めい)

しゃりんのさいはつめいsharinnosaihatsumei

Rare or specialisedExpression

Meanings

Meanings are shown in English (JMdict).

  1. expression

    reinventing the wheel

    idiomatic expression

    彼(かれ)は既(き)存(そん)のシステムを理(り)解(かい)せず、同(おな)じ機(き)能(のう)をゼロから構(こう)築(ちく)しようとして、車(しゃ)輪(りん)の再(さい)発(はつ)明(めい)をしている。

    • Instead of understanding the existing system, he is trying to build the same functionality from scratch, essentially reinventing the wheel.

    そのプロジェクトは、既(すで)に他(た)社(しゃ)が完(かん)成(せい)させている技(ぎ)術(じゅつ)を無(む)駄(だ)に作(つく)り直(なお)すだけなので、車(しゃ)輪(りん)の再(さい)発(はつ)明(めい)だ。

    • That project is just a waste of time rebuilding technology that other companies have already completed, so it's just reinventing the wheel.

Example sentences 2

彼(かれ)は既(き)存(そん)のシステムを理(り)解(かい)せず、同(おな)じ機(き)能(のう)をゼロから構(こう)築(ちく)しようとして、車(しゃ)輪(りん)の再(さい)発(はつ)明(めい)をしている。

  • Instead of understanding the existing system, he is trying to build the same functionality from scratch, essentially reinventing the wheel.

そのプロジェクトは、既(すで)に他(た)社(しゃ)が完(かん)成(せい)させている技(ぎ)術(じゅつ)を無(む)駄(だ)に作(つく)り直(なお)すだけなので、車(しゃ)輪(りん)の再(さい)発(はつ)明(めい)だ。

  • That project is just a waste of time rebuilding technology that other companies have already completed, so it's just reinventing the wheel.

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