画蛇添足 (畫蛇添足) huà shé tiān zú
huà shé tiān zú
set phrase
to draw legs on a snake; to ruin the effect by adding something superfluous; to overdo it
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '畫蛇添足'; CCI '画蛇添足', pp. 136-137; Guoyu '畫蛇添足')
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- 第一百十回 Chapter 110 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 1