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画蛇添足

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

Definitions

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

Child Words of 画蛇添足

蛇
shé
足
jù
添
tiān
足
zú
画
huà