Chapter 16
Chinese Sayings (Book 1)
Huà Shé Tiān Zú | 画蛇添足
from Season 4, Episode 1: The Four-Legged Snake
Here we have another story behind one of the great Chinese Sayings, or chengyu. This time around we harken back to the "Strategies of the Warring States" to look at the tale of drawing legs on a snake.
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