画蛇添足 Traditional 畫蛇添足 huà shé tiān zú 🔊 lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom) HSK 7–9 + Keep this word Meanings huà shé tiān zú 畫蛇添足 lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluousto overdo it Its characters 画huàto draw; to paintHSK 2蛇shésnakeHSK 5添tiānto add; to increase; to replenishHSK 6足zúfoot; legHSK 6