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錦上添花

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Chinese

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brocade; embroidered work; bright
up; on; on top
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
 
to add; to increase; to replenish
flower; blossom; to spend
flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
 
trad. (錦上添花)
simp. (锦上添花)
Literally: “to add flowers to the brocade”.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (25) (6) (32)
Final () (140) (105) (157) (99)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Closed
Division () III III IV II
Fanqie
Baxter kimX dzyangH them xwae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠiɪmX/ /d͡ʑɨɐŋH/ /tʰem/ /hˠua/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚimX/ /d͡ʑiɐŋH/ /tʰem/ /hʷᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiemX/ /d͡ʑiɑŋH/ /tʰɛm/ /xua/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kjimX/ /d͡ʑɨaŋH/ /tʰɛm/ /hwaɨ/
Li
Rong
/kjəmX/ /ʑiaŋH/ /tʰem/ /xua/
Wang
Li
/kĭĕmX/ /ʑĭaŋH/ /tʰiem/ /xwa/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ki̯əmX/ /ʑi̯aŋH/ /tʰiem/ /xwa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jǐn shàng tiān huā
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gam2 soeng6 tim1 faa1

Idiom

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錦上添花

  1. to make perfection still more perfect