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    3. 画竜点睛を欠く

    画竜点睛を欠く

    画が竜りょう点てん睛せいを​欠かく​

    to be incomplete

    NTVerbLiteratureKanji Vocab48 strokes

    画龍点睛を欠く

    がりょうてんせいをかく

    Verb

    1.
    to be incomplete, to feel incomplete, to lack the finishing touch
    idiomatic expression

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    Characters that make up this word

    画
    えが.く・かく.する・かぎ.る・はかりごと・はか.る…(4)
    brush-stroke・picture
    Kanji
    竜
    たつ・いせ…(4)
    dragon・imperial
    Kanji
    点
    つ.ける・つ.く・た.てる・さ.す・とぼ.す・とも.す…(2)
    spot・point・mark・speck・decimal point
    Kanji
    睛
    ひとみ…(2)
    pupil of the eye
    Kanji
    欠
    か.ける・か.く…(2)
    lack・gap・fail・yawning radical (no. 76)
    Kanji
    を
    wo
    Kana
    く
    ku
    Kana
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