添 | [ tiān ] to add, to increase, to replenish |
添丁 | [ tiān dīng ] to add a son to the family |
添亂 | [ tiān luàn ] (coll.) to cause trouble for sb, to inconvenience |
添加 | [ tiān jiā ] to add, to increase |
添加劑 | [ tiān jiā jì ] additive, food additive |
添加物 | [ tiān jiā wù ] additive |
添堵 | [ tiān dǔ ] to make people feel even more stressed or annoyed (coll.), to make traffic congestion even worse |
添油加醋 | [ tiān yoú jiā cù ] lit. to add oil and vinegar, fig. adding details while telling a story (to make it more interesting) |
添磚加瓦 | [ tiān zhuān jiā wǎ ] lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom), fig. to do one's bit to help |
添福添壽 | [ tiān fú tiān shoù ] to increase luck and longevity |
添置 | [ tiān zhì ] to buy, to acquire, to add to one's possessions |
添補 | [ tiān bu ] to fill (up), to replenish |
添辦 | [ tiān bàn ] to acquire |
添麻煩 | [ tiān má fan ] to cause trouble for sb, to inconvenience |
⇒ 二一添作五 | [ èr yī tiān zuò wǔ ] lit. one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning), to share fairly between two parties, to go fifty-fifty |
⇒ 加油添醋 | [ jiā yoú tiān cù ] to add interest (to a story), to sex up |
⇒ 加添 | [ jiā tiān ] augment, add |
⇒ 增添 | [ zēng tiān ] to add, to increase |
⇒ 如虎添翼 | [ rú hǔ tiān yì ] lit. like a tiger that has grown wings, with redoubled power (idiom) |
⇒ 添福添壽 | [ tiān fú tiān shoù ] to increase luck and longevity |
⇒ 畫蛇添足 | [ huà shé tiān zú ] lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous, to overdo it |
⇒ 錦上添花 | [ jǐn shàng tiān huā ] lit. add flowers to brocade (idiom), fig. to give sth additional splendor, to provide the crowning touch, (derog.) to benefit sb who is already well off |