画龙点睛
huà​lóng​diǎn​jīng HSK7

finishing touch

  • created sense approved 画龙点睛/畫龍點睛 · huà​lóng​diǎn​jīng · finishing touch — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    画龙点睛 / 畫龍點睛

    huà​lóng​diǎn​jīng

    finishing touch

    to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes; (fig.) to add the vital finishing touch to a work of art or to clinch a point in speech or writing with a few key words, making the whole more vivid and effective

    画 (literal) → 画/畫 · huà · to draw 龙 (literal) → 龙/龍 · lóng · dragon 点睛 (literal) → 点睛/點睛 · diǎn​jīng · to add the finishing touch

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense