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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 添油加醋
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 添油加醋 | tiān yóu - jiā cù | - lit. to add oil and vinegar (idiom) - fig. to embellish; to exaggerate (a story, a narration etc) |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 30,360 | 58,060 | 40,929 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 添 | tiān | - to add; to increase; to replenish |
| 油 | yóu | - oil - fat - grease - petroleum - to apply tung oil, paint or varnish - oily - greasy - glib - cunning |
| 加 | jiā | - Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1na2da4]) - surname Jia |
| 加 | jiā | - to add - (math.) plus - to increase; to augment - (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1jia1 gai3liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)") |
| 醋 | cù | - vinegar - jealousy (in love rivalry) |
Other Words Containing 添油加醋
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 添油加醋 | - | - | 30,360 | 58,060 | 40,929 |