画蛇添足 (畫蛇添足) huà shé tiān zú
huà shé tiān zú
set phrase
to draw legs on a snake; to ruin the effect by adding something superfluous; to overdo it
Domain: Idiom 成语
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Notes: (CC-CEDICT '畫蛇添足'; CCI '画蛇添足', pp. 136-137; Guoyu '畫蛇添足')
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- Care for Living and Dying Investigation (Volume 3) - A Buddhist View of 'Spiritual Cultivation' 生死關懷探討（下冊） 佛教對「修行問題」的看法 Humanistic Buddhism Series Contemporary Questions Symposium 《人間佛教當代問題座談會》 — count: 1
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- Lecture 11: Monastery Aesthetics 第十一講‧寺院美學 One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 6: Propagation of Buddhism 《僧事百講6－佛教推展》 — count: 1