画蛇添足
Details
- Definition: lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous, to overdo it
- HSK Level: 7
- Frequency Rank: 47111
- Alternate Forms: 画蛇添足, 畫蛇添足
- Notes: POS: l
Variants
畫蛇添足
- Pinyin: huà shé tiān zú
- English Definitions: lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous, to overdo it
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Other transcriptions: numeric: hua4 she2 tian1 zu2, wadegiles: hua⁴ she² t'ien¹ tsu², bopomofo: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄕㄜˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄗㄨˊ, romatzyh: huah sher tian tzwu