We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「添醋加油」.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「添醋加油」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
A metaphor for narrating an event or relaying someone else’s words, adding content that was not originally there in order to exaggerate it. Same as “add fuel to the fire”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
tiān cù jiā yóu
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
tim1/tim3 chou3 ga1 yau2
The collection of Chinese idioms is enormous, with each one holding its own meaning and purpose. We hope these resources can assist you in better understanding and learning Chinese.
