蛇足
蛇足
shé zú
lit. legs on a snake; sth superfluous
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- lit. legs on a snake
- sth superfluous
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Related Words
画蛇添足(huà shé tiān zú)· lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous
→O型腿(O xíng tuǐ)· bow legs
→二郎腿(èr láng tuǐ)· one leg over the other (legs crossed)
→五刑(wǔ xíng)· imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4]
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