HSK 6 vocabulary › 画蛇添足
画蛇添足
画蛇添足 in English: lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous
huà shé tiān zú
lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous; to overdo it
How to pronounce 画蛇添足
huà shé tiān zú (without tone marks: hua she tian zu). huà is a fourth (sharply falling) tone; shé is a second (rising) tone; tiān is a first (high, level) tone; zú is a second (rising) tone.
Characters in 画蛇添足
画 huà
to draw; to paint; picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]); to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划[hua4])
to draw; to paint; picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]); to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划[hua4])
蛇 shé
snake; serpent
snake; serpent
添 tiān
to add; to increase; to replenish
to add; to increase; to replenish
足 zú
excessive
excessive
Related words
| 踢足球 | tī zú qiú | HSK vocabulary word | HSK 2 |
| 画 | huà | to draw; to paint | HSK 3 |
| 动画片 | dòng huà piàn | animated film | HSK 5 |
| 蛇 | shé | snake; serpent | HSK 5 |
| 不足 | bù zú | insufficient; lacking | HSK 5 |
| 满足 | mǎn zú | to satisfy; to meet (the needs of) | HSK 5 |
| 漫画 | màn huà | caricature; cartoon | HSK 6 |
| 锦上添花 | jǐn shàng tiān huā | to add flowers to brocade (idiom); to make sth good even better | HSK 6 |
| 增添 | zēng tiān | to add; to increase | HSK 6 |
| 充足 | chōng zú | adequate; sufficient | HSK 6 |