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锦上添花

jǐn shàng tiān huā

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 錦上添花

锦上添花 (jǐn shàng tiān huā) means "(lit.) to add flowers to brocade (idiom); (fig.) to make sth good even better; to add an extra (often nonessential) bene". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 锦上添花 means

1. (lit.) to add flowers to brocade (idiom)
2. (fig.) to make sth good even better; to add an extra (often nonessential) benefit or embellishment

The characters in 锦上添花

• 锦jǐnbrocade; embroidered work; bright
• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
• 添tiānto add; to increase; to replenish
• 花huāflower; blossom; fancy pattern

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