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The Chinese word huashetianzu - 画蛇添足 - huàshétiānzú
(to ruin the effect by adding s.th. superfluous in Chinese)

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huàshétiānzú

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to ruin the effect by adding s.th. superfluous, to draw a snake and add feet to it, to overdo s.th.,
to gild the lily

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画蛇添足 ( huashetianzu / huàshétiānzú ) is composed of these characters: 画 (hua) , 蛇 (she) , 添 (tian) , 足 (zu)

画蛇添足 ( huashetianzu / huàshétiānzú ) in traditional characters

畫蛇添足

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to draw | snake | snake

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The Chinese word huashetianzu - 画蛇添足 - huàshétiānzú(to ruin the effect by adding s.th. superfluous in Chinese)