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畫(huà)蛇添足的英文翻譯
基本釋義
參考釋義
- 畫(huà)蛇添足 [huà shé tiān zú]
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- (比喻做多余的事,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(huà)蛇添足的用法和樣例:
例句
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對一個(gè)這樣漂亮的女孩來(lái)說(shuō),化妝有些畫(huà)蛇添足。
For such a beautiful girl, to use make-up would be to gild the lily.