CHINESE DICTIONARYWORD
画蛇添足
畫蛇添足HSK 7
画蛇添足 (huà shé tiān zú) is an HSK 7 Chinese word with 1 definition and 2 bilingual examples.
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Definitions & Usage
Meanings and examples
idiom 成语
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Englishto spoil something by adding something unnecessary (lit. to draw legs on a snake)
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剧本原有的情节已经足够动人，强行增加无关的爱情桥段，实在是画蛇添足。
The original plot was already moving enough; forcing in an irrelevant romantic subplot only spoiled it by adding something unnecessary.
- EX
道理已经讲得很清楚了，你不必再画蛇添足地解释了。
The point is already very clear, so there's no need to over-explain and spoil the effect.
- EX