锦上添花 (錦上添花) jǐn shàng tiān huā
jǐn shàng tiān huā
set phrase
to make something even better
Domain: Idiom 成语
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Notes: Literally, to add flowers to the brocade
Contained in
- 锦上添花天下有 雪中送炭世间少(錦上添花天下有 雪中送炭世間少) To gild refined gold is perpetual attrition; To deliver coal in the snow is a kind deed uncommon.
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 2: The Best Way to Provide for One's Elders - Self Preservation and Conducting Oneself 卷二 最好的供養 立身處世 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 5 - The Incense of the World 《星雲法語5－人間有花香》 — count: 5
- Scroll 3: How to Make Daily Improvements - Facing the World 卷三 如何日日增上 境界來臨時 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 3 - Dwelling Peacefully in Body and Mind 《星雲法語3－身心的安住》 — count: 1
- Hsing Yun Diary 41 - What Samsara is Like: Principles of Using Money 星雲日記41～生死一如 用錢之道(1996/5/1~1996/5/15) Hsing Yun Diary (1994/9-1996/12) 《星雲日記(1994/9~1996/12)》 — count: 1
- How to be a Buddha's Light Member - Lecture 6 怎樣做個佛光人 佛光人第六講 Humanistic Buddhism Series 1 - Fo Guang and the Buddhist Community 《人間佛教系列1－佛光與教團》 — count: 1
- Scroll 3: Similes of Wisdom - Doing Whatever One Pleases 卷三 智慧之喻 為所當為 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 4 - How to Overcome Difficulties 《星雲法語4－如何度難關》 — count: 1
- A Cold Winter but a Warm Feeling 寒冬暖意 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 8 - Where do Blessings Come From? 《迷悟之間(八)福報哪裡來》 — count: 1
- A Buddhist View of Happiness and Longevity 佛教的福壽觀 Humanistic Buddhism Series 2 - Life and Society 《人間佛教系列2－人生與社會》 — count: 1
- Chapter 4: Social Welfare 卷四 社會福利 社會福利 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 6 - Where are the Future Prospects? 《人間萬事6－前途在哪裡》 — count: 1
- My Clothing, Food, Housing, and Transport 我的衣食住行 Buddhist Affinities over a Century 1 - Life 1 《百年佛緣1－生活篇1》 — count: 1
- Lecture 18: Sangha Property 第十八講‧僧有財物 One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 1: Monastery Administration 《僧事百講1－叢林制度》 — count: 1
Collocations
- 来锦上添花 (來錦上添花) 等到他飛黃騰達了再來錦上添花 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 12 - The Stages of Life 《迷悟之間(十二)生活的層次》, Seize the Opportunities 乘 勢 — count: 2
- 锦上添花固然 (錦上添花固然) 錦上添花固然有它的需要 — Hsing Yun Dharma Words 3 - Dwelling Peacefully in Body and Mind 《星雲法語3－身心的安住》, Scroll 3: How to Make Daily Improvements - Facing the World 卷三 如何日日增上 境界來臨時 — count: 2