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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 画蛇添足
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 画蛇添足 | huà shé tiān zú | - lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous - to overdo it |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 9 | 33,667 | 60,799 | 48,059 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 画 | huà | - to draw; to paint - picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]) - to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划[hua4]) - stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃|划[hua4]) - (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃|划[hua4]) |
| 蛇 | shé | - snake - serpent - CL:條|条[tiao2] |
| 蛇 | yí | - used in 委蛇[wei1yi2] |
| 蛇 | shé | - variant of 蛇[she2] |
| 添 | tiān | - to add; to increase; to replenish |
| 足 | jù | - excessive |
| 足 | zú | - (bound form) foot; leg - sufficient; ample - as much as; fully |
Other Words Containing 画蛇添足
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 画蛇添足 | 6 | 9 | 33,667 | 60,799 | 48,059 |