superfluous
superfluous
Drawing a snake and writing a foot is an idiom pronounced Hu à sh é Zhu ó Z ú. It refers to doing superfluous things, which is not only useless, but also inappropriate.
explain
It is not only useless but also inappropriate to use metaphor to describe doing superfluous things. It's the same as "painting a snake and adding feet.".
source
Liu of Tang Dynasty and the second part of Zhong Chun Deng Lou: "if you miss, you are ashamed that the snake has enough. If you rest with your heart, you will be toothless."
usage
As an object or attribute; of superfluous things
Discrimination of words
Degree of common use: General emotional color: derogatory words idiom structure: contractive generation time: ancient times
superfluous
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