"有枝添葉" meaning in Chinese

See 有枝添葉 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɻ̩⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /jɐu̯¹³ t͡siː⁵⁵ tʰiːm⁵⁵ jiːp̚²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 有枝添叶 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 有枝添葉
  1. (figurative) to add color and emphasis to (a narration); to exaggerate Tags: figuratively, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-有枝添葉-zh-phrase-rJWm~LBD Categories (other): Cantonese chengyu, Chinese chengyu, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin chengyu, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Synonyms: 添油加醋 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 加油添醋 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 加油加醋 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 加油添醬 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 添枝加葉 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 添枝接葉 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 加枝添葉 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 添油兒加醋 [Northeastern-Mandarin, Beijing], 有枝兒添葉兒 [Northeastern-Mandarin, Beijing], 添油加醋 [Northeastern-Mandarin, Singapore], 添油加醋 [Central-Plains-Mandarin, Wanrong], 添油添鹽 [Southwestern-Mandarin, Liuzhou], 加油添醬 [Jianghuai-Mandarin, Yangzhou], 加油添醋 [Jianghuai-Mandarin, Yangzhou], 加鹽加醋 [Cantonese], 加花添草 [Min-Bei, Jian'ou], 添枝加箬 [Min-Nan, Xiamen], 添跤添手 [Min-Nan, Xiamen], 生枝生箬 [Min-Nan, Xiamen], 添跤添手 [Min-Nan, Quanzhou], 添跤添手 [Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], 添枝加箬 [Min-Nan, Tainan], 添跤添手 [Min-Nan, Singapore, Hokkien], 添湯落火 [Min-Nan, Jieyang], 添湯落汁 [Min-Nan, Jieyang], 添油加醬 [Wu, Shanghai], 添油加醬 [Wu, Suzhou], 添油添醋 [Wu, Hangzhou]
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "有枝添叶",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "有枝添葉",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to add color and emphasis to (a narration); to exaggerate"
      ],
      "id": "en-有枝添葉-zh-phrase-rJWm~LBD",
      "links": [
        [
          "add",
          "add"
        ],
        [
          "emphasis",
          "emphasis"
        ],
        [
          "narration",
          "narration"
        ],
        [
          "exaggerate",
          "exaggerate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to add color and emphasis to (a narration); to exaggerate"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "添油加醋"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "加油添醋"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "加油加醋"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "加油添醬"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "添枝加葉"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "添枝接葉"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "加枝添葉"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Northeastern-Mandarin",
            "Beijing"
          ],
          "word": "添油兒加醋"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Northeastern-Mandarin",
            "Beijing"
          ],
          "word": "有枝兒添葉兒"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Northeastern-Mandarin",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "添油加醋"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Central-Plains-Mandarin",
            "Wanrong"
          ],
          "word": "添油加醋"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Southwestern-Mandarin",
            "Liuzhou"
          ],
          "word": "添油添鹽"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Jianghuai-Mandarin",
            "Yangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "加油添醬"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Jianghuai-Mandarin",
            "Yangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "加油添醋"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Hong Kong"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "加鹽加醋"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Bei",
            "Jian'ou"
          ],
          "word": "加花添草"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "添枝加箬"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "添跤添手"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "生枝生箬"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Quanzhou"
          ],
          "word": "添跤添手"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "添跤添手"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Tainan"
          ],
          "word": "添枝加箬"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Singapore",
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "添跤添手"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Jieyang"
          ],
          "word": "添湯落火"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Jieyang"
          ],
          "word": "添湯落汁"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Shanghai"
          ],
          "word": "添油加醬"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Suzhou"
          ],
          "word": "添油加醬"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Hangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "添油添醋"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǒuzhītiānyè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄡˇ ㄓ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄝˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jau⁵ zi¹ tim¹ jip⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǒuzhītiānyè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄡˇ ㄓ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄝˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǒujhihtianyè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yu³-chih¹-tʻien¹-yeh⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǒu-jr̄-tyān-yè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yeoujytianyeh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jučžitjanʹje",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ючжитянье"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɻ̩⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jau⁵ zi¹ tim¹ jip⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yáuh jī tīm yihp"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jau⁵ dzi¹ tim¹ jip⁹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yeo⁵ ji¹ tim¹ yib⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐu̯¹³ t͡siː⁵⁵ tʰiːm⁵⁵ jiːp̚²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "有枝添葉"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "有枝添叶",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "有枝添葉",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 有",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 枝",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 添",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 葉",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to add color and emphasis to (a narration); to exaggerate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "add",
          "add"
        ],
        [
          "emphasis",
          "emphasis"
        ],
        [
          "narration",
          "narration"
        ],
        [
          "exaggerate",
          "exaggerate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to add color and emphasis to (a narration); to exaggerate"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǒuzhītiānyè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄡˇ ㄓ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄝˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jau⁵ zi¹ tim¹ jip⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǒuzhītiānyè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄡˇ ㄓ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄝˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǒujhihtianyè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yu³-chih¹-tʻien¹-yeh⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǒu-jr̄-tyān-yè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yeoujytianyeh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jučžitjanʹje",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ючжитянье"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɻ̩⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jau⁵ zi¹ tim¹ jip⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yáuh jī tīm yihp"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jau⁵ dzi¹ tim¹ jip⁹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yeo⁵ ji¹ tim¹ yib⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐu̯¹³ t͡siː⁵⁵ tʰiːm⁵⁵ jiːp̚²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "添油加醋"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "加油添醋"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "加油加醋"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "加油添醬"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "添枝加葉"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "添枝接葉"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "加枝添葉"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern-Mandarin",
        "Beijing"
      ],
      "word": "添油兒加醋"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern-Mandarin",
        "Beijing"
      ],
      "word": "有枝兒添葉兒"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern-Mandarin",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "添油加醋"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Central-Plains-Mandarin",
        "Wanrong"
      ],
      "word": "添油加醋"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Southwestern-Mandarin",
        "Liuzhou"
      ],
      "word": "添油添鹽"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jianghuai-Mandarin",
        "Yangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "加油添醬"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jianghuai-Mandarin",
        "Yangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "加油添醋"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "加鹽加醋"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Bei",
        "Jian'ou"
      ],
      "word": "加花添草"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "添枝加箬"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "添跤添手"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "生枝生箬"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "添跤添手"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "添跤添手"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tainan"
      ],
      "word": "添枝加箬"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Singapore",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "添跤添手"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Jieyang"
      ],
      "word": "添湯落火"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Jieyang"
      ],
      "word": "添湯落汁"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "word": "添油加醬"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Suzhou"
      ],
      "word": "添油加醬"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Hangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "添油添醋"
    }
  ],
  "word": "有枝添葉"
}

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