画蛇添足(huà shé tiān zú)

HSK 7-94 charactersTrad. 畫蛇添足

lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom)

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Word information

Pinyin
huà shé tiān zú
Meaning
lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Characters
4
Traditional
畫蛇添足

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