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画龙点睛

huà lóng diǎn jīng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 畫龍點睛

画龙点睛 (huà lóng diǎn jīng) means "to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch; the crucial point that brings the ". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 画龙点睛 means

1. to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch
2. the crucial point that brings the subject to life
3. a few words to clinch the point

The characters in 画龙点睛

• 画huàto draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划
• 龙lóngChinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon
• 点diǎnto touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)…
• 睛jīngeye; eyeball

Example sentences

• 我将增加画龙点睛的功能。
  I'll add the finishing touch.
• 画龙点睛是一则寓言故事。
  "Drawing dragons and dotting in the eyes" is a fable.

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