Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「畫蛇添足」 and how it’s used.
Introducing the idiom 「畫蛇添足」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.
Add feet to the snake when drawing it. It is a metaphor for doing unnecessary things, which is not only useless but also inappropriate.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
huà shé tiān zú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
waak6 se4 tim1 juk1
The sheer number of Chinese idioms and their varied meanings make them fascinating to study. Let these materials assist you as you advance your Chinese skills and understanding.
