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蛇足
蛇足
Chinese
| snake; serpent | foot; to be sufficient | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
simp. and trad. (蛇足) |
蛇 | 足 | |
Noun
蛇足
- (figuratively) something superfluous; unnecessary
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 蛇 | 足 |
|
だ Grade: S |
そく Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology
From 蛇 (da, “snake”) + 足 (soku, “foot”), literally meaning snake's foot (which is useless).
Might be a contraction of 画蛇添足 (gada tensoku), which is from the Chinese idiom 畫蛇添足／画蛇添足 (huàshétiānzú).
Pronunciation
Noun
蛇足 (hiragana だそく, romaji dasoku)
- something useless; unnecessary; superfluous