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畫蛇添足的英文翻譯
基本釋義
參考釋義
- 畫蛇添足 [huà shé tiān zú]
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- （比喻做多餘的事，反而不恰當） paint a snake with feet -- superfluous; add legs to one's sketch of a serpent; (The additional discourses on ...) are completely superfluous.; carry [send] coals to Newcastle; dangerous superfluity; draw a snake and add feet to it -- to spoil things by going to extremes; draw a snake with feet added to it -- redundant; fan the breezes; gild [paint] the lily; To overreach the mark is just as bad as not reaching it.; ruin the effect by adding what is superfluous; The action [measure; step] just taken was really unnecessary.
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畫蛇添足的用法和樣例：
例句
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對一個這樣漂亮的女孩來說，化妝有些畫蛇添足。
For such a beautiful girl, to use make-up would be to gild the lily.
