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Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Gu à NSH à ngji à Gu à n, which means to compare inappropriate redundant actions. It comes from the new Yu Cong Kao idioms.
Analysis of Idioms
To paint a snake to add to its fullness
The origin of Idioms
Zhao Yi of the Qing Dynasty wrote in the idiom of Xinyu congkao: "painting a snake adds feet and adding a crown to the crown. Both of them are Chen Fu's words of Yin Zhaoyang, the commander of Chu."
Idiom usage
Subject predicate; predicate, complement; adjective superfluous.
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just listen to without taking it seriously - gū wàng tīng zhī
the imperial edict and the buddha 's sayings - lún yīn fó yǔ