画蛇添足
In Mandarin Chinese, 画蛇添足 (huàshétiānzú) means “to ruin by overdoing it”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.
Meaning
- to ruin by overdoing it
Stroke order
Examples
- 文章再加一段就画蛇添足了。Adding another paragraph to the article would ruin it by overdoing it.