畫蛇添足 画蛇添足
[huà shé tiān zú]
lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous
to overdo it
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画蛇添足
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简体中文>英语, CC-CEDICT
画蛇添足
huàshé-tiānzú
〈成〉 draw a snake and add feet to it—ruin the effect by adding sth. superfluous
huàshé-tiānzú
〈成〉 draw a snake and add feet to it—ruin the effect by adding sth. superfluous
- 简体中文>英语, 汉英词典
画蛇添足
huà shé tiān zú
蛇本来没有脚,画蛇添上脚(见于《战国策·齐策》)。 {draw a snake and add feet to it (Intrigues of the Warring States·Intrigues of Qi);}〈比喻 fig.〉做多余的事,反而不恰当。 {ruin the effect by adding sth. superfluous}
huà shé tiān zú
蛇本来没有脚,画蛇添上脚(见于《战国策·齐策》)。 {draw a snake and add feet to it (Intrigues of the Warring States·Intrigues of Qi);}〈比喻 fig.〉做多余的事,反而不恰当。 {ruin the effect by adding sth. superfluous}
简体中文>英语, 现代汉语词典
画蛇添足
huàshé-tiānzú
<熟> draw a snake and add feet to it—ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous; gild the lily
- 演讲者已把问题说得很清楚，会议主席后来的话倒把听众搞糊涂了，真是画蛇添足。 The speaker had driven his point home. What the chairman added afterwards only served to perplex the audience.
huàshé-tiānzú
<熟> draw a snake and add feet to it—ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous; gild the lily
- 演讲者已把问题说得很清楚，会议主席后来的话倒把听众搞糊涂了，真是画蛇添足。 The speaker had driven his point home. What the chairman added afterwards only served to perplex the audience.
- 简体中文>英语, 汉英大词典
画蛇添足
/huàshétiānzú/
gild the lily
/huàshétiānzú/
gild the lily
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