HSK 6 HSK V7-9
Correct
画蛇添足
/ huà shé tiān jù /
Strokes
Definition
lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous/to overdo it
Example
Definition
draw a snake and add feet to it—ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous; gild the lily
1
Yǎnjiǎngzhě
演讲者
yǐ
已
bǎ
把
wèntí
问题
shuō
说
de
得
hěn
很
qīngchu
清楚
,
huìyì
会议
zhǔxí
主席
hòulái
后来
de
的
huà
话
dǎobǎ
倒把
tīngzhòng
听众
gǎo
搞
hútu
糊涂
le
了
,
zhēnshi
真是
huàshétiānjù
画蛇添足
。
The speaker had driven his point home. What the chairman added afterwards only served to perplex the audience.