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畫蛇添足

huàshétiānzú

ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄕㄜˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄗㄨˊ

Simplified 画蛇添足

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

不要畫蛇添足。

búyào huàshétiānzú

Let well alone.

Keep 畫蛇添足 and it comes back until you know it.

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