C 畫蛇添足 + + * * hua4 she2 tian1 zu2 ruin by adding superfluous etwas überflüssiges tun + + +




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a painting, picture, drawing / to draw
snake
append, add to / increase
foot / attain, satisfy, enough




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畫蛇添足' + 画蛇添足* * + lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluo/ to overdo it




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