画蛇添足 huàshétiānzú Superfluous

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Traditional: 畫蛇添足

Stroke order

画蛇添足 is written in 37 strokes across 4 characters.

画蛇添足 — the Chinese character for Superfluous (huàshétiānzú), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 画蛇添足 — Superfluous

画 — 8 strokes
蛇 — 11 strokes
添 — 11 strokes
足 — 7 strokes

Senses

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

Characters in 画蛇添足

画 huà — to draw; to paint
蛇 shé — snake; serpent
添 tiān — to add; to increase; to replenish
足 zú — (bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

画蛇添足 is pronounced huàshétiānzú and means “Superfluous”.

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