created reference approved 画蛇添足/畫蛇添足 → 多此一举/多此一舉 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
画蛇添足 / 畫蛇添足 huàshétiānzú
多此一举 / 多此一舉 duōcǐyījǔ
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Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created reference approved 画蛇添足/畫蛇添足 → 弄巧成拙 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
画蛇添足 / 畫蛇添足 huàshétiānzú
弄巧成拙 nòngqiǎochéngzhuō
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Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 画蛇添足/畫蛇添足 · huàshétiānzú · to ruin the effect by adding something superfluous — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
画蛇添足 / 畫蛇添足
huàshétiānzú
to ruin the effect by adding something superfluous
to add legs to a snake; to do more than is needed and thus spoil the result or make things worse; to be unnecessary or redundant
画 (literal) → 画/畫 · huà · to draw 蛇 (literal) → 蛇 · shé · snake 添 (literal) → 添 · tiān · to add 足 (literal) → 足 · zú · foot
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition