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huà shé tiān zú
idiom. paint a snake with feet, (fig.) to overdo it, to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous, gild the lily
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Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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yǔ gāng tíng nǐ jiù gěi huā jiāo shuǐ, zhēn shì huà shé tiān zú .
phr. Shortly after the rain has stopped you are (now) watering the flowers -- how unnecessary! Just like adding legs to the snake you just drew.