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
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄘㄨˋ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianyoujiatsuh
- IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ i̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵ t͡sʰu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
添油加醋
- (figuratively) to add color and emphasis to (a narration); to exaggerate
Synonyms
- (Cantonese) 加鹽加醋／加盐加醋
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