- 一(horizontal stroke; line; border)ASSOCIATIVE
- 凵(frame; outline)ASSOCIATIVE
- 田(field; square)ASSOCIATIVE
Drawing a picture means using pen strokes to sketch a frame and then fill in each square like a rice paddy field.
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画蛇添足
画蛇添足
lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous
HSK 6 (2.0)HSK 7 (3.0)2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous
- 。
What you're doing is like drawing a snake and adding feet to it.
- 貳动verb
to overdo it
- 。
You're adding feet to the snake by doing it that way.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 虫(insect; bug; worm)RADICAL
- 它(snake (original sense))PHONO-SEMANTIC
A snake is a reptile that slithers like an insect, and the sound "da" mimics its hissing.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
- 忝(ashamed; add to)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Adding water increases the amount of liquid, like the overwhelming feeling of shame.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 足(foot (pictograph))ASSOCIATIVE
A footprint drawing represents a foot and the act of walking.
画蛇添足
Traditional畫蛇添足
lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous
HSK 6 (2.0)HSK 7 (3.0)2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous
- 。
What you're doing is like drawing a snake and adding feet to it.
- 貳动verb
to overdo it
- 。
You're adding feet to the snake by doing it that way.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(horizontal stroke; line; border)ASSOCIATIVE
- 凵(frame; outline)ASSOCIATIVE
- 田(field; square)ASSOCIATIVE
Drawing a picture means using pen strokes to sketch a frame and then fill in each square like a rice paddy field.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 虫(insect; bug; worm)RADICAL
- 它(snake (original sense))PHONO-SEMANTIC
A snake is a reptile that slithers like an insect, and the sound "da" mimics its hissing.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
- 忝(ashamed; add to)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Adding water increases the amount of liquid, like the overwhelming feeling of shame.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 足(foot (pictograph))ASSOCIATIVE
A footprint drawing represents a foot and the act of walking.
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