created reference approved 锦上添花/錦上添花 → 雪中送炭 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
锦上添花 / 錦上添花 jǐnshàngtiānhuā
雪中送炭 xuězhōngsòngtàn
antonym
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created reference approved 锦上添花/錦上添花 → 旱苗得雨 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
锦上添花 / 錦上添花 jǐnshàngtiānhuā
旱苗得雨 hànmiáodéyǔ
synonym
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 锦上添花/錦上添花 · jǐnshàngtiānhuā · to add flowers to brocade — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
锦上添花 / 錦上添花
jǐnshàngtiānhuā
to add flowers to brocade
To make something already good even better, or to provide the crowning touch; occasionally used to describe helping someone who is already well-off instead of those in need.
锦 (literal) → 锦/錦 · jǐn · brocade 上 (bound) → 上 · shang · on 添 (literal) → 添 · tiān · to add 花 (literal) → 花 · huā · flower
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition