画龙点睛 — Chinese idiom
画龙点睛
huà lóng diǎn jīng
Traditional: 畫龍點睛
Meaning
- to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes ; fig. to add the vital finishing touch
- the crucial point that brings the subject to life
- a few words to clinch the point
Character by character
- 画huàpicture, painting, drawing; to draw
- 龙lóngdragon; symbol of the emperor
- 点diǎndot, point, speck
- 睛jīngeyeball; pupil
Idioms sharing a character
- 指手画脚 zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo
- 照猫画虎 zhào māo huà hǔ
- 琴棋书画 qín qí shū huà
- 画地为牢 huà dì wéi láo
- 画地自限 huà dì zì xiàn
- 画荻教子 huà dí jiào zǐ
- 画虎类犬 huà hǔ lèi quǎn
- 画蛇添足 huà shé tiān zú
- 画饼充饥 huà bǐng chōng jī
- 人中龙凤 rén zhōng lóng fèng
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