画蛇添足

huàshétiānzú

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

Traditional 畫蛇添足
HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9 HSK 2.0 · Level 6 phrase

Meaning

huàshétiānzú hua4 she2 tian1 zu2
  1. lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous
  2. to overdo it

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