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): ㄊㄧㄢㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄚㄘㄨˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiānyóujiācù
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄚㄘㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianyoujiatsuh
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ i̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵ t͡sʰu⁵¹/

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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