画蛇添足

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See also: 畫蛇添足

Chinese

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For pronunciation and definitions of – 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

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2

Grade: S
てん
Grade: S
そく
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
畫蛇添足 (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
じゃ
Grade: S
てん
Grade: S
そく
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
畫蛇添足 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɡa̠da̠ tẽ̞ɰ̃so̞kɯ̟]
  • IPA(key): [ɡa̠ʑa̠ tẽ̞ɰ̃so̞kɯ̟]

Noun

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()()(てん)(そく) or ()(じゃ)(てん)(そく) (gada tensoku or gaja tensoku

  1. making an unnecessary addition

Synonyms

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