画
蛇
添
足

画蛇添足 (huà shé tiān zú) – lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom)

huà shé tiān zú

lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 畫蛇添足0 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous
  2. 2to overdo it

Simplified & traditional

画蛇添足

Simplified

畫蛇添足

Traditional

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Related words

画

huà

to draw

蛇

shé

variant of 蛇

添

tiān

to add

足

jù

excessive

不足

bù zú

insufficient

满足

mǎn zú

to satisfy

画儿

huà r

picture

画家

huà jiā

painter

图画

tú huà

drawing

足够

zú gòu

enough

足球

zú qiú

soccer ball

充足

chōng zú

adequate

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