画蛇添足 huà shé tiān zú

HSK 6

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

画 huà
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a painting, picture, drawing; to draw
蛇 shé
HSK 5
snake
添 tiān
HSK 6
append, add to; increase
足 zú
HSK 2
foot; attain, satisfy, enough