Chinese Idioms of Oct. 2016 (2016-10-12)
  Time:2016-10-12 12:51:09  Clrck:666

(Pin yin) huàshétiānzú
(Chinese)  画蛇添足
(Translation) Superfluous
Word by word English translation:
画 draw
蛇 snake
添 add
足 foot
Sample sentence:
nǐ gǎi zhè piān wénzhāng zhēnshì huàshétiānzú。
你改这篇文章真是画蛇添足。
You change this article really is superfluous.

(Pin yin)  qī pīn bā còu
(Chinese)  七拼八凑
(Translation) Piece together
Word by word English translation:
七 seven
拼 piece together to form a bigger whole
八 eight
凑 gather together
Sample sentence:
 wǒ bǎ jīmù qī pīn bā còu de pīn hǎo le。
我把积木七拼八凑地拼好了。
I put the blocks scrape together together.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


 

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