画蛇添足
huà shé tiān zú
HSK 7–9 · C2

Meanings

  1. lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous
  2. to overdo it

Quick facts

Traditional畫蛇添足
HSK LevelHSK 7–9
CEFRC2
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