(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.