We aim to support your Chinese studies with free resources. In this series, we explore idioms and proverbs, full of meaning. Today’s feature is 「添枝加葉」, explained below.
Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「添枝加葉」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.
Add some branches and leaves to the trunk. A metaphor for narrating an event or relaying someone else’s words, adding content that was not originally there in order to exaggerate it.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
tiān zhī jiā yè
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
tim1/tim3 ji1 ga1 yip6
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