蛇足
Chinese
snake; serpent | foot; to be sufficient | ||
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simp. and trad. (蛇足) | 蛇 | 足 |
Etymology
From the idiom 畫蛇添足/画蛇添足 (huàshétiānzú).
Pronunciation
Noun
蛇足
- (figuratively) something superfluous; unnecessary
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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蛇 | 足 |
だ Grade: S | そく Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
Etymology
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
- On’yomi
- IPA(key): [da̠so̞kɯ̟ᵝ]
Noun
蛇足 (hiragana だそく, rōmaji dasoku)
- something useless; unnecessary; superfluous