花绸子上绣牡丹，锦上添花花綢子上繡牡丹，錦上添花花綢子上繡牡丹，錦上添花

embroidering peonies on flowered silk: adding flowers to brocade

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Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Making something already good even better. Approving. Close to 'gild the lily', but positive.

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Simplified: 花绸子上绣牡丹，锦上添花
Traditional (Taiwan): 花綢子上繡牡丹，錦上添花
Pinyin: huā chóuzi shàng xiù mǔdan, jǐnshàngtiānhuā
Bopomofo: ㄏㄨㄚㄔㄡˊ ˙ㄗㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄇㄨˇ ˙ㄉㄢ，ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄏㄨㄚ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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