huà shé tiān zú

Traditional: 畫蛇添足

画蛇添足 (huà shé tiān zú) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous; to overdo it”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 画蛇添足

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