"蛇足" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /ʂɤ³⁵ t͡su³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /sɛː²¹ t͡sʊk̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ʂɤ³⁵ t͡su³⁵/, /sɛː²¹ t͡sʊk̚⁵/ Chinese transliterations: shézú [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄕㄜˊ ㄗㄨˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], se⁴ zuk¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], shézú [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], shézú [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], shê²-tsu² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], shé-dzú [Mandarin, Yale], shertzwu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], шэцзу [Mandarin, Palladius], šɛczu [Mandarin, Palladius], sèh jūk [Cantonese, Yale], se⁴ dzuk⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sé⁴ zug¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From the idiom 畫蛇添足/画蛇添足 (huàshétiānzú). Etymology templates: {{zh-l|畫蛇添足}} 畫蛇添足/画蛇添足 (huàshétiānzú) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 蛇足
  1. (figurative) something superfluous; unnecessary Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-蛇足-zh-noun-WXKKQ4Fx Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [da̠so̞kɯ̟ᵝ] Forms: 蛇足 [canonical] (ruby: (), (そく)), dasoku [romanization]
Etymology: From 蛇(だ) (da, “snake”) + 足(そく) (soku, “foot”), literally meaning snake's foot (which is useless). A contraction of 画(が)蛇(だ)添(てん)足(そく) (gada tensoku), which is from the Chinese idiom 畫蛇添足/画蛇添足 (huàshétiānzú). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|蛇|だ|足|そく|t1=snake|t2=foot}} 蛇(だ) (da, “snake”) + 足(そく) (soku, “foot”), {{ja-r|画%蛇 添%足|が%だ てん%そく}} 画(が)蛇(だ)添(てん)足(そく) (gada tensoku), {{zh-l|畫蛇添足}} 畫蛇添足/画蛇添足 (huàshétiānzú) Head templates: {{ja-noun|だそく}} 蛇(だ)足(そく) • (dasoku)
  1. something useless; unnecessary; superfluous

Noun [Korean]

Forms: sajok [romanization], 사족 [hangeul]
Head templates: {{ko-noun|hangeul=사족}} 蛇足 • (sajok) (hangeul 사족)
  1. Hanja form of 사족 (“something superfluous, unnecessary”). Tags: alt-of, hanja Alternative form of: 사족 (extra: something superfluous, unnecessary)

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