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Don’t overdo it!

This article is about the Chinese idiom 画蛇添足. Most Chinese idioms are composed of 4 characters.

画huà蛇shé添tian足jù

有yǒu个gě比赛bǐ sài:谁shéi画huà的de蛇shé最好zuì hǎo谁shéi就jìu可以kě yǐ喝hē酒jǐu。

四sì个人gè rén来lái参加cān jiā比赛bǐ sài。

有yǒu一个人yī gè rén很hěn快kuài就jìu画huà好hǎo了le,看到kàn dào别人bié ren还Huán在zài画huà,最zuì后Hòu他tā给gěi蛇shé画huà了le四sì只zhī脚jiǎo。

他tā输shū掉diào了le比赛bǐ sài,因为yīn wèi蛇shé本běn来lái就是jìu shì没有méi yǒu脚jiǎo的de!

这个zhè ge故事gù shì告gào诉sù我wǒ们men,不要bù yào去qù做zuò没méi必要bì yào的de事情shì qing。

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