| 画 |
huà shé tiān zú | lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it |
| 画 |
huà | to draw; to paint / picture; painting (CL:幅,张) / to draw (a line) (variant of 划) / stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划) / (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划) |
| 蛇 |
shé | variant of 蛇 |
| 蛇 |
shé | snake / serpent / CL:条 |
| 蛇 |
yí | used in 委蛇 |
| 添 |
tiān | to add; to increase; to replenish |
| 足 |
jù | excessive |
| 足 |
zú | (bound form) foot; leg / sufficient; ample / as much as; fully |