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为蛇添足
为蛇添足
为蛇添足
为蛇添足
为蛇添足
为蛇添足
为蛇添足
为蛇添足

wéi为shé蛇tiān添zú足

To do something superfluous or unnecessary, which instead of helping, spoils the original effort; to overdo it; to add unnecessary details.

这项计划已经很完善了,你再提出那些琐碎的修改意见,只会是为蛇添足,反而让大家无所适从。
This plan is already quite complete; adding those trivial suggestions for modification would only be like adding legs to a snake, making everyone confused.

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为蛇画足

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