jǐn​shàng​tiān​huā

to add flowers to brocade

  • 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 jǐn​shàng​tiān​huā

    雪中送炭 xuě​zhōng​sòng​tàn

    antonym

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  • 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 jǐn​shàng​tiān​huā

    旱苗得雨 hàn​miáo​dé​yǔ

    synonym

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  • created sense approved 锦上添花/錦上添花 · jǐn​shàng​tiān​huā · to add flowers to brocade — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    锦上添花 / 錦上添花

    jǐn​shàng​tiān​huā

    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

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