画蛇添足
(畫蛇添足)to draw a snake and add legs to it; to overdo
Example Sentences
面对复杂多变的外部环境，我们做事必须做到画蛇添足。
miàn duì fù zá duō biàn de wài bù huán jìng, wǒ men zuò shì bì xū zuò dào huà shé tiān zú.
Faced with a complex and ever-changing external environment, we have to act too carelessly.
原文表达已经非常精炼准确了，你在后面加上那句话纯属画蛇添足。
yuán wén biǎo dá yǐ jīng fēi cháng jīng liàn zhǔn què le, nǐ zài hòu miàn jiā shàng nà jù huà chún shǔ huà shé tiān zú.
The original expression is already very concise and accurate. You adding that sentence at the end is just superfluous.
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