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添枝加叶
tiān​zhī​jiā​yè

to embellish

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
添枝加叶 添枝加葉 tiān​zhī​jiā​yè
to embellish
to add unnecessary details or exaggerate a story, literally meaning "adding branches and leaves"

Frequency

Written text
0.042 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 添油加醋 tiān​yóu​jiā​cù
  • 添枝接叶 tiān​zhī​jiē​yè
  • 有枝添叶 yǒu​zhī​tiān​yè

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)