添油加醋

Chinese

		to add; to increase; to replenish	oil; sly	to add; plus	vinegar
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

  (Pinyin): tiānyóujiācù

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄘㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānyóujiācù
    • 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/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 添油加醋

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

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 加鹽加醋／加盐加醋