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TOPIK 5noun

금상첨화

geumsangcheomhwa

금상첨화가 · 금상첨화를

icing on the cake; one good thing on top of another

Example

음식도 맛있는데 가격까지 싸니 금상첨화예요.

The food is delicious and it's cheap too—that's the icing on the cake.

Word parts

금 brocade상 on첨 add화 flower

Literally 'adding flowers on top of silk brocade.'

Good to know

Its opposite is 설상가상 'frost on snow,' meaning one misfortune piled on another.