添油加醋

添油加醋

Chinese

		to add; to increase; to replenish	oil; sly	to add; plus	vinegar
simp. and trad. (添油加醋)		添	油	加	醋
Literally: “to add oil and vinegar”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānyóujiācù

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄘㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tiānyóujiācù
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄘㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianyoujiatsuh
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ i̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵ t͡sʰu⁵¹/

Idiom

添油加醋

1. (figuratively) to add color and emphasis to (a narration); to exaggerate

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 加鹽加醋／加盐加醋