粵

錦gam2上soeng6添tim1花faa1

simp锦上添花
gam2 soeng6 tim1 faa1jǐn shàng tiān huā

English

  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
  3. to make something already good even better; to give something additional splendour; literally: to add flowers to the brocade

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 令原本美好嘅事物變得更好

Examples

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    錦上添花人人有,雪中送炭世間無。不信但看筵中酒,杯杯先勸有錢人。

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Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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