添油加醋
Chinese
to add; to increase; to replenish | oil; sly | to add; plus | vinegar | ||
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trad. (添油加醋) | 添 | 油 | 加 | 醋 | |
simp. #(添油加醋) | 添 | 油 | 加 | 醋 | |
Literally: “to add oil and vinegar”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄘㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tianyóujiacù
- Wade–Giles: tʻien1-yu2-chia1-tsʻu4
- Yale: tyān-yóu-jyā-tsù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianyoujiatsuh
- Palladius: тяньюцзяцу (tjanʹjuczjacu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ t͡sʰu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 添油加醋
- (figurative) to add color and emphasis to (a narration); to exaggerate