Chinese

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|- ! !draw; picture; painting !snake; serpent !to add; to increase; to replenish !foot; to be sufficient |- !trad. (畫蛇添足) | 畫 | 蛇 | 添 | 足 |- !simp. (画蛇添足) | 画 | 蛇 | 添 | 足 |- !Literally: “to add feet when drawing a snake”. |}

Idiom

畫蛇添足

1. to improve something unnecessarily; to gild the lily

Synonyms

• 多此一舉／多此一举 (duōcǐyījǔ)

Derived terms