蛇足
Chinese edit
snake; serpent | foot; to be sufficient | ||
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simp. and trad. (蛇足) |
蛇 | 足 |
Etymology edit
From the idiom 畫蛇添足/画蛇添足 (huàshétiānzú).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
蛇足
- (figurative) something superfluous; unnecessary
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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蛇 | 足 |
だ Grade: S |
そく Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
Etymology edit
From 蛇 (da, “snake”) + 足 (soku, “foot”), literally meaning snake's foot (which is useless).
A contraction of 画蛇添足 (gada tensoku), which is from the Chinese idiom 畫蛇添足/画蛇添足 (huàshétiānzú).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- something useless; unnecessary; superfluous
Korean edit
Hanja in this term | |
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蛇 | 足 |
Noun edit
- Hanja form? of 사족 (“something superfluous, unnecessary”).