锦上添花 jǐnshàngtiānhuā▶ la guinda del pastel

Stroke order

锦上添花 is written in 34 strokes across 4 characters.

• 锦 — 13 strokes
• 上 — 3 strokes
• 添 — 11 strokes
• 花 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. (lit.) to add flowers to brocade (idiom)
2. (fig.) to make sth good even better; to add an extra (often nonessential) benefit or embellishment

Related words

• 上任asumir un cargo oficial
• 上游Curso superior
• 上瘾Adicción
• 上级Superior
• 上进Deseo de avanzar
• 增添Añadir

锦上添花 is pronounced jǐnshàngtiānhuā and means “la guinda del pastel”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 锦上添花 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.