reinvent the wheel (重新发明轮子)

Idiom Change

含义

to waste time creating something that already exists

浪费时间创造已经存在的东西 (làngfèi shíjiān chuàngzào yǐjīng cúnzài de dōngxī)

例句

"Don’t reinvent the wheel; use the existing design."

"不要重新发明轮子; 使用现有设计。" (Bùyào **zhòngxīn fāmíng lúnzi**; shǐyòng xiàn yǒu shèjì.)