画蛇添足

huà shé tiān zú
HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 画蛇添足

添
tiān

to add

蛇
shé

snake

足
jù

excessive

足
zú

foot

画
huà

to draw