We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「錦上添花」, with its usage explained below.
Here’s the idiom 「錦上添花」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Embroider on brocade. A metaphor for making something better than good, and beautiful upon beautiful.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jǐn shàng tiān huā
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gam2 seung5/seung6 tim1/tim3 fa1
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
