为蛇画足 (為蛇畫足) wèishéhuàzú
wèishéhuàzú
set phrase
to draw legs on a snake; to overdo it
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: A variant of 画蛇添足 (Guoyu '為蛇畫足')
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
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