画蛇添足

See also: 畫蛇添足

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 画蛇添足 – see 畫蛇添足 (“to improve something unnecessarily; to gild the lily”).
(This term, 画蛇添足, 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
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

Pronunciation

Noun

画蛇添足 (hiragana がだてんそく, rōmaji gada tensoku, alternative reading がじゃてんそく, rōmaji gaja tensoku)

  1. making an unnecessary addition

Synonyms
  • 為 (い)蛇 (だ)画 (が)足 (そく) (idagasoku)
  • 為 (い)蛇 (だ)添 (てん)足 (そく) (idatensoku)
  • 妄 (もう)画 (が)蛇 (だ)足 (そく) (mōgadasoku)
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