巧上加巧 — “To add ingenuity to ingenuity”
巧上加巧 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to add ingenuity to ingenuity”. To make something already clever or skillful even more so; exceptionally ingenious or felicitous. Literally, “Cleverness added to cleverness; skill upon skill”.
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她的设计本来就很精妙，没想到又加入了互动元素，真是巧上加巧，令人赞叹。
Her design was already exquisite, but unexpectedly, she added interactive elements, truly making it ingenious upon ingenious and admirable.
Idioms Related to 巧上加巧
More idioms starting with 巧
- qiǎo巧bù不kě可jiē接too ingenious to be matched
- qiǎo巧bù不kě可jiē阶too ingenious to be surpassed
- qiǎo巧bù不shèng胜zhuō拙Plain effort outweighs cleverness
- qiǎo巧bù不ruò若zhuō拙Simplicity often beats cleverness
- qiǎo巧wěi伪bù不rú如zhuō拙chéng诚Clumsy sincerity is better than artful hypocrisy
- qiǎo巧wěi伪qū趋lì利crafty and false, pursuing gain
- qiǎo巧zuò作míng名mù目invent clever pretexts for improper purpose
- qiǎo巧tōu偷háo豪duó夺cunningly defraud and forcefully seize
- qiǎo巧fā发qí奇zhòng中make a clever and accurate prediction
- qiǎo巧qǔ取háo豪duó夺acquire by trickery or force
- qiǎo巧tóng同zào造huà化ingenious like nature's creation
- qiǎo巧duó夺tiān天gōng工exquisitely skillful, surpassing nature
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What does 巧上加巧 mean?
巧上加巧 (qiǎo shàng jiā qiǎo) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to add ingenuity to ingenuity”.
How do you pronounce 巧上加巧?
巧上加巧 is pronounced qiǎo shàng jiā qiǎo in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 巧上加巧 literally mean?
Literally, 巧上加巧 means “Cleverness added to cleverness; skill upon skill”. It is used to mean “to add ingenuity to ingenuity”.