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

- 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
Related words
画蛇添足 is pronounced huàshétiānzú and means “ฟุ่มเฟือย, เกินความจำเป็น”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 画蛇添足 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.