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画蛇添足
huà shé tiān zú
to gild the lily; superfluous

HSK 6Mythic

What does 画蛇添足 mean?

画蛇添足 (pinyin: huà shé tiān zú) means to gild the lily; superfluous. It belongs to the official HSK 6 vocabulary (mastery), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.

Example with 画蛇添足

What you're doing is simply gilding the lily.

Character families

Every HSK 1–4 word containing · Every HSK 1–4 word containing

The characters of 画蛇添足

huàto draw (HSK 3)
shésnake (HSK 5)
tiāncomponent character
component character

Related HSK 6 words

武侠wǔ xiámartial arts heroism/wuxia genre
悬崖峭壁xuán yá qiào bìsteep cliffs
泰斗tài dǒuleading authority, giant (in a field)
对联duì liánparallel couplet (spring couplet)
各抒己见gè shū jǐ jiàneach expresses their own opinion
正负zhèng fùpositive and negative
岂有此理qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐoutrageous; preposterous
斑纹bān wénstripes, spots

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