HSK 6 vocabulary › 锦上添花
锦上添花
锦上添花 in English: to add flowers to brocade (idiom); to make sth good even better
jǐn shàng tiān huā
(lit.) to add flowers to brocade (idiom); (fig.) to make sth good even better; to add an extra (often nonessential) benefit or embellishment
How to pronounce 锦上添花
jǐn shàng tiān huā (without tone marks: jin shang tian hua). jǐn is a third (low, dipping) tone; shàng is a fourth (sharply falling) tone; tiān is a first (high, level) tone; huā is a first (high, level) tone.
Characters in 锦上添花
锦 jǐn
brocade; embroidered work; bright
brocade; embroidered work; bright
上 shàng
添 tiān
to add; to increase; to replenish
to add; to increase; to replenish
花 huā
flower; blossom; fancy pattern
flower; blossom; fancy pattern
Related words
| 上 | shàng | on; above | HSK 1 |
| 上午 | shàng wǔ | morning | HSK 1 |
| 上班 | shàng bān | to go to work; to be on duty | HSK 2 |
| 晚上 | wǎn shang | evening; night | HSK 2 |
| 早上 | zǎo shang | early morning | HSK 2 |
| 马上 | mǎ shàng | at once; right away | HSK 3 |
| 上网 | shàng wǎng | to go online; to connect to the Internet | HSK 3 |
| 花 | huā | to spend; to cost | HSK 3 |
| 上当 | shàng dàng | taken in (by sb's deceit); to be fooled | HSK 5 |
| 花生 | huā shēng | peanut; groundnut | HSK 5 |