画蛇添足

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See also: 畫蛇添足

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 画蛇添足 – see 畫蛇添足 (“to add feet drawing a snake; to improve something unnecessarily; to gild the lily”).
(This term is the simplified form of 畫蛇添足).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
画 蛇 添 足
が
Grade: 2 		だ
Grade: S 		てん
Grade: S 		そく
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
畫蛇添足 (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term
画 蛇 添 足
が
Grade: 2 		じゃ
Grade: S 		てん
Grade: S 		そく
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
畫蛇添足 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

画(が)蛇(だ)添(てん)足(そく) or 画(が)蛇(じゃ)添(てん)足(そく) • (gada tensoku or gaja tensoku) 

  1. making an unnecessary addition

Synonyms

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