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
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 添油加醋 (“to add colour; to spice up; to embellish”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 添油加醋, 加油添醋, 加油加醋, 加油添醬, 添枝加葉, 添枝接葉, 有枝添葉 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 添油兒加醋, 有枝兒添葉兒 |
| Wanrong | 添油加醋 | |
| Liuzhou | 添油添鹽 | |
| Yangzhou | 加油添醬, 加油添醋 | |
| Singapore | 添油加醋 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 加鹽加醋 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 加花添草 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 添枝加箬, 添跤添手, 生枝生箬 |
| Quanzhou | 添跤添手 | |
| Zhangzhou | 添跤添手 | |
| Tainan | 添枝加箬 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 添跤添手 | |
| Jieyang | 添湯落火, 添湯落汁 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 添油加醬 |
| Suzhou | 添油加醬 | |
| Hangzhou | 添油添醋 | |
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