"adding" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
画蛇添足畫蛇添足	huà shé tiān zú	lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom) / fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it	syn
添油加醋	tiān yóu jiā cù	lit. to add oil and vinegar / fig. adding details while telling a story (to make it more interesting)	syn
澥	xiè	(of porridge etc) to become watery / (dialect) to thin (porridge etc) by adding water etc
砚滴硯滴	yàn dī	small cup for adding water to an ink stone
补足音程補足音程	bǔ zú yīn chéng	complementary interval / addition musical interval adding to an octave
余角餘角	yú jiǎo	complementary angle (additional angle adding to 90 degrees)
吃空额吃空額	chī kòng é	to embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only
吃空饷吃空餉	chī kòng xiǎng	to embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only
冲调沖調	chōng tiáo	to reconstitute (a powdered beverage) by adding water, milk etc
吃空额吃空額	chī kòng é	to embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only
佛头加秽	fó tóu jiā huì	(idiom) To taint something beautiful or noble by adding something bad or inappropriate to it.
冠上加冠	guān shàng jiā guān	(idiom) To take an inappropriate and unnecessary action, like adding a crown to someone who is already wearing one.
添枝接叶	tiān zhī jiē yè	(idiom) To keep adding details, often embellishing or distorting what has been said.
以水救水	yǐ shuǐ jiù shuǐ	(idiom) Adding water to fight a flood only makes the flow stronger. It describes an intervention that worsens a problem instead of containing it.
为蛇添足	wéi shé tiān zú	(idiom) To introduce unnecessary complications into a matter, adding something that is not only useless but actually harmful.
依模画样	yī mó huà yàng	(idiom) To reproduce a model by imitating its form. By extension, to copy mechanically without adding anything new.
嚼饭喂人	jiáo fàn wèi rén	(idiom) To describe a rewritten work lacking originality that is passed off to others. It reproduces earlier material without adding anything new.
屋下盖屋屋下蓋屋	wū xià gài wū	(idiom) To repeat what others have already done without adding any innovation. The expression criticizes pointless duplication and a lack of originality.
床上叠床	chuáng shàng dié chuáng	(idiom) It describes unnecessary repetition or a superfluous addition. It is equivalent to adding one bed on top of another.
张皇铺饰	zhāng huáng pū shì	(idiom) To exaggerate and show off by adding extensive embellishment.
拾陈蹈故拾陳蹈故	shí chén dǎo gù	(idiom) To repeat stale clichés and established formulas without adding anything original.
描头画角	miáo tóu huà jiǎo	(idiom) To imitate a model deliberately without adding any originality.
止沸益薪	zhǐ fèi yì xīn	(idiom) To try to stop boiling while adding more fuel beneath the pot. It describes an action that produces the opposite of the intended result.
添枝增叶	tiān zhī zēng yè	(idiom) To keep adding elements to something. It can refer to a reformulation that progressively amplifies or exaggerates the original.
添盐着醋	tiān yán zhe cù	(idiom) To exaggerate an account or someone else’s words by adding details that were not originally there. It is equivalent to embellishing or distorting the story.
画蛇著足	huà shé zhuó zú	(idiom) To do something superfluous that, far from being useful, becomes inappropriate. It is equivalent to “adding feet to a snake.”
眉下添眉	méi xià tiān méi	(idiom) Means adding an explanation or element that duplicates what has already been said. It suggests unnecessary repetition.
祖述有自	zǔ shù yǒu zì	(idiom) To follow the conduct and teachings of one’s predecessors while adding one’s own innovations.
重增其放	chong zhen qi fang	(idiom) To further strengthen my uninhibited and unruly nature. The expression conveys the idea of adding to one’s own recklessness.
鼠屎汙羹	shǔ shǐ wū gēng	(idiom) Describes adding something bad that spoils something that was originally fine or pleasing.

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"adding" Chinese-English Dictionary

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