lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding s
画 · 8 strokes
Pictograph of a hand holding a writing utensil (聿) and drawing something. The 聿 component was deleted for simplification.
蛇 · 11 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 它 represents the sound. Originally written as 它.
添 · 11 strokes
足 · 7 strokes
Pictograph of a foot (止) attached to a leg.
这篇文章已经很好了，再加内容就是画蛇添足了。
This article is already good enough; adding more would be gilding the lily.