锦上添花 (錦上添花)
jǐn shàng tiān huā
Pinyin

Definition

锦上添花 (錦上添花)
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jǐn shàng tiān huā
  1. lit. on brocade, add flowers (idiom); to decorate sth already perfect
  2. gilding the lily

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上
shǎng
上海
Shàng hǎi
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hù]
上班
shàng bān
  1. 1 to go to work
  2. 2 to be on duty
  3. 3 to start work
  4. 4 to go to the office
早上
zǎo shang
  1. 1 early morning
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
晚上
wǎn shang
  1. 1 evening
  2. 2 night
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 in the evening

Idioms (20)

一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一条绳上的蚂蚱
yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha
  1. 1 lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. people who are in it together for better or worse
  3. 3 people who will sink or swim together
三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
上一次当，学一次乖
shàng yī cì dàng , xué yī cì guāi
  1. 1 to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy
上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu
  1. 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
  2. 2 fig. conspiring to defraud

Sample Sentences

时代改变了嘛，人们都有权利选择自己喜欢的生活方式，有孩子应该是锦上添花，而不该是社会义务。
shídài gǎibiàn le ma ，rénmen dōu yǒu quánlì xuǎnzé zìjǐ xǐhuan de shēnghuófāngshì ，yǒu háizi yīnggāi shì jǐnshàng tiān huā ，ér bù gāi shì shèhuì yìwù 。
The world has changed, no? Everyone has the right to choose the lifestyle they want for themselves. Having a child is just icing on the cake and it shouldn't be a social obligation.
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