画蛇添足

Traditional form:

畫蛇添足

Pinyin (reading):

huàshétiānzú

Definitions:

• lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous
• to overdo it

Characters:

• 画 - picture, painting, drawing; to draw
• 蛇 - snake
• 添 - to add, to append, to increase, to replenish
• 足 - foot; to attain, to satisfy; enough

Traditional characters:

• 畫 - picture, painting, drawing; to draw
• 蛇 - snake
• 添 - to add, to append, to increase, to replenish
• 足 - foot; to attain, to satisfy; enough