- lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous
- to overdo it
Characters
- 画 (畫): to draw; to paint; picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]); to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划[hua4]); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃|划[hua4]); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃|划[hua4])
- 蛇 (虵): variant of 蛇[she2]
- 添 (添): to add; to increase; to replenish
- 足 (足): excessive
Resources
- Wiktionary: 画蛇添足
- MDBG: 画蛇添足
- Examples with 画蛇添足 on Tatoeba
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