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画蛇添足
huà shé tiān zú
to gild the lily; superfluous
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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
Character families
Every HSK 1–4 word containing 画 · Every HSK 1–4 word containing 足
The characters of 画蛇添足
| 画 | huà | to draw (HSK 3) |
| 蛇 | shé | snake (HSK 5) |
| 添 | tiān | component character |
| 足 | zú | component character |
Related HSK 6 words
| 武侠 | wǔ xiá | martial arts heroism/wuxia genre |
| 悬崖峭壁 | xuán yá qiào bì | steep cliffs |
| 泰斗 | tài dǒu | leading authority, giant (in a field) |
| 对联 | duì lián | parallel couplet (spring couplet) |
| 各抒己见 | gè shū jǐ jiàn | each expresses their own opinion |
| 正负 | zhèng fù | positive and negative |
| 岂有此理 | qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ | outrageous; preposterous |
| 斑纹 | bān wén | stripes, spots |
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