See 錦上添花 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"forms": [
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"form": "锦上添花",
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]
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"literal_meaning": "toadd flowers to the brocade",
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"examples": [
{
"english": "For them the prime need is not “more flowers on the brocade” but “fuel in snowy weather”.",
"raw_tags": [
"MSC",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"ref": " 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《在延安文藝座談會上的講話》 (Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition",
"roman": "Duìyú tāmen, dì yī bù xūyào hái bùshì “jǐnshàngtiānhuā”, érshì “xuězhōngsòngtàn”.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "對於他們，第一步需要還不是「錦上添花」，而是「雪中送炭」。",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "For them the prime need is not “more flowers on the brocade” but “fuel in snowy weather”.",
"raw_tags": [
"MSC",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"ref": " 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《在延安文藝座談會上的講話》 (Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition",
"roman": "Duìyú tāmen, dì yī bù xūyào hái bùshì “jǐnshàngtiānhuā”, érshì “xuězhōngsòngtàn”.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "对于他们，第一步需要还不是「锦上添花」，而是「雪中送炭」。",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to make perfection still more perfect"
],
"id": "en-錦上添花-zh-phrase-~qWhgsLl",
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"make",
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[
"perfection",
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[
"still",
"still"
],
[
"more",
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],
[
"perfect",
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]
],
"tags": [
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],
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jǐnshàngtiānhuā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "gam² soeng⁶ tim¹ faa¹"
},
{
"zh-pron": "gím-siōng-thiām-hoa"
},
{
"zh-pron": "kím-siōng-thiam-hoa"
},
{
"zh-pron": "gím-siōng-thiⁿ-hoe"
},
{
"zh-pron": "gím-siāng-thiⁿ-hoe"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jǐnshàngtiānhuā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jǐnshàngtianhua"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chin³-shang⁴-tʻien¹-hua¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jǐn-shàng-tyān-hwā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiinshanqtianhua"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзиньшантяньхуа"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czinʹšantjanʹxua"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "gám seuhng tīm fā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "gam² soeng⁶ tim¹ faa¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "gem² sêng⁶ tim¹ fa¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɐm³⁵ sœːŋ²² tʰiːm⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "gím-siōng-thiām-hoa"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "gím-siōng-thiām-hua"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "gymsioxngtiaxmhoaf"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰiam³³⁻¹¹ hua⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰiam³³⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tʰiam²²⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "kím-siōng-thiam-hoa"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "kím-siōng-thiam-hua"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "kymsioxngtiamhoaf"
},
{
"ipa": "/kim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "gím-siōng-thiⁿ-hoe"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "gím-siōng-thinn-hue"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "gymsioxngtvi'hoef"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "gím-siāng-thiⁿ-hoe"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "gím-siāng-thinn-hue"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "gymsiaxngtvi'hoef"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siaŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siaŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Middle-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "kimX dzyangH them xwae"
},
{
"other": "/ kím-siōng-thiam-hoa /"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɐm³⁵ sœːŋ²² tʰiːm⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰiam³³⁻¹¹ hua⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰiam³³⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tʰiam²²⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siaŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siaŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/"
}
],
"word": "錦上添花"
}
{
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{
"form": "锦上添花",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
}
],
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"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "錦上添花",
"name": "head"
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],
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "toadd flowers to the brocade",
"pos": "phrase",
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"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 上",
"Chinese terms spelled with 添",
"Chinese terms spelled with 花",
"Chinese terms spelled with 錦",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hokkien chengyu",
"Hokkien idioms",
"Hokkien lemmas",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin terms with quotations",
"Middle Chinese chengyu",
"Middle Chinese idioms",
"Middle Chinese lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "For them the prime need is not “more flowers on the brocade” but “fuel in snowy weather”.",
"raw_tags": [
"MSC",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"ref": " 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《在延安文藝座談會上的講話》 (Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition",
"roman": "Duìyú tāmen, dì yī bù xūyào hái bùshì “jǐnshàngtiānhuā”, érshì “xuězhōngsòngtàn”.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "對於他們，第一步需要還不是「錦上添花」，而是「雪中送炭」。",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "For them the prime need is not “more flowers on the brocade” but “fuel in snowy weather”.",
"raw_tags": [
"MSC",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"ref": " 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《在延安文藝座談會上的講話》 (Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition",
"roman": "Duìyú tāmen, dì yī bù xūyào hái bùshì “jǐnshàngtiānhuā”, érshì “xuězhōngsòngtàn”.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "对于他们，第一步需要还不是「锦上添花」，而是「雪中送炭」。",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to make perfection still more perfect"
],
"links": [
[
"make",
"make"
],
[
"perfection",
"perfection"
],
[
"still",
"still"
],
[
"more",
"more"
],
[
"perfect",
"perfect"
]
],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
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{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jǐnshàngtiānhuā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "gam² soeng⁶ tim¹ faa¹"
},
{
"zh-pron": "gím-siōng-thiām-hoa"
},
{
"zh-pron": "kím-siōng-thiam-hoa"
},
{
"zh-pron": "gím-siōng-thiⁿ-hoe"
},
{
"zh-pron": "gím-siāng-thiⁿ-hoe"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jǐnshàngtiānhuā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jǐnshàngtianhua"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chin³-shang⁴-tʻien¹-hua¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jǐn-shàng-tyān-hwā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiinshanqtianhua"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзиньшантяньхуа"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czinʹšantjanʹxua"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "gám seuhng tīm fā"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "gam² soeng⁶ tim¹ faa¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "gem² sêng⁶ tim¹ fa¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɐm³⁵ sœːŋ²² tʰiːm⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "gím-siōng-thiām-hoa"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "gím-siōng-thiām-hua"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "gymsioxngtiaxmhoaf"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰiam³³⁻¹¹ hua⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰiam³³⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tʰiam²²⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "kím-siōng-thiam-hoa"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "kím-siōng-thiam-hua"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "kymsioxngtiamhoaf"
},
{
"ipa": "/kim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "gím-siōng-thiⁿ-hoe"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "gím-siōng-thinn-hue"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "gymsioxngtvi'hoef"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "gím-siāng-thiⁿ-hoe"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "gím-siāng-thinn-hue"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "gymsiaxngtvi'hoef"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siaŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siaŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Middle-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "kimX dzyangH them xwae"
},
{
"other": "/ kím-siōng-thiam-hoa /"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɐm³⁵ sœːŋ²² tʰiːm⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰiam³³⁻¹¹ hua⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰiam³³⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tʰiam²²⁻²¹ hua⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰiam⁴⁴⁻³³ hua⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siaŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siaŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/"
}
],
"word": "錦上添花"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 錦上添花 meaning in Chinese (6.5kB)
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