画蛇添足

huàshé-tiānzú
lit. draw legs on a snake, fig. to ruin the effect by adding superfluous
HSK 79
Traditional畫蛇添足

Additional Dictionary Meanings

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

Characters (4)

画to draw, to paintHSK 2蛇snakeHSK 5添to addHSK 6足foot, sufficientHSK 2