Word Meaning 画竜点睛を欠く

がりょうてんせいをかく garyoutensei o kaku

画竜点睛を欠く is read as がりょうてんせいをかく (garyoutensei o kaku) and means to be incomplete.

Meaning

English

to be incomplete
to feel incomplete
to lack the finishing touch

Reading

Kana

がりょうてんせいをかく

Romaji

garyoutensei o kaku

Writing Variants

画龍点睛を欠く がりょうてんせいをかく garyoutensei o kaku

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 48 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Proverb ✓ Rank 152009 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

画竜点晴

がりゅうてんせい

finishing touches

画素欠け

がそかけ

pixel defect (on an LCD display, e.g. dead pixel)

画竜

がりゅう

drawn dragon

欠点

けってん

failure (in an examination)

一点一画

いってんいっかく

the dots of i's and the crosses of t's

点描画

てんびょうが

pointillist painting

一点一画もおろそかにしない

いってんいっかくもおろそかにしない

always dot the i's and cross the t's

点画

てんが

stippling

点画

てんかく

dots and strokes of a kanji character

点睛

てんせい

adding eyes and other finishing touches to an animal painting

画期的

かっきてき

ground-breaking

画面

がめん

screen (of a TV, computer, etc.)