画蛇添足(huà shé tiān zú): lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom)
lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom)
Character breakdown
4 characters · plays one at a time
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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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