加油加醋
jiā​yóu​jiā​cù

embellish a story

  • created sense approved 加油加醋 · jiā​yóu​jiā​cù · embellish a story — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    加油加醋

    jiā​yóu​jiā​cù

    embellish a story

    to add details to a story to make it more interesting or to distort the truth; literally to add oil and vinegar

    加油 (literal) → 加油 · jiā​yóu · to refuel 加 (literal) → 加 · jiā · to add 醋 (literal) → 醋 · cù · vinegar

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense