画蛇添足

See also: 畫蛇添足

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 画蛇添足 – see 畫蛇添足 (“to improve something unnecessarily; to gild the lily”). (This term is the simplified form of 畫蛇添足).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
画	蛇	添	足
が Grade: 2	だ Grade: S	てん Grade: S	そく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
畫蛇添足 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
画	蛇	添	足
が Grade: 2	じゃ Grade: S	てん Grade: S	そく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
畫蛇添足 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠da̠ tẽ̞ɰ̃so̞kɯ̟]

• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠ʑa̠ tẽ̞ɰ̃so̞kɯ̟]

Noun

画(が)蛇(だ)添(てん)足(そく) or 画(が)蛇(じゃ)添(てん)足(そく) • (gada tensoku or gaja tensoku) 

1. making an unnecessary addition

Synonyms

• 為(い)蛇(だ)画(が)足(そく) (idagasoku)
• 為(い)蛇(だ)添(てん)足(そく) (idatensoku)
• 妄(もう)画(が)蛇(だ)足(そく) (mōgadasoku)
• 蛇足(だそく) (dasoku)

References

• “画蛇添足”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026