加油 jiā yóu to add oil / to top up with gas / to refuel / to accelerate / to step on the gas / (fig.) to make an extra effort / to cheer sb on syn 原油 yuán yóu crude oil syn 燃油 rán yóu fuel oil 油漆 yóu qī oil paints / lacquer / to paint / CL:層|层[ceng2] syn 油画 油畫 yóu huà oil painting 油田 yóu tián oil field 润滑油 潤滑油 rùn huá yóu lubricating oil syn 成品油 chéng pǐn yóu refined oil 精油 jīng yóu essential oil 机油 機油 jī yóu engine oil 勘探 kān tàn to explore / to survey / to prospect (for oil etc) / prospecting syn 储量 儲量 chǔ liàng remaining quantity / reserves (of natural resources, oil etc) 油气 油氣 yóu qì oil and gas 豆油 dòu yóu soy bean oil / (dialect) soy sauce 油箱 yóu xiāng oil tank 香油 xiāng yóu sesame oil / perfumed oil syn 炼油 煉油 liàn yóu oil refinery 植物油 zhí wù yóu vegetable oil 天花 tiān huā smallpox / ceiling / stamen of corn / (old) snow / (dialect) sesame oil 燃料油 rán liào yóu fuel oil 压榨 壓榨 yā zhà to press / to squeeze / to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing syn 油泵 yóu bèng oil pump 油灯 油燈 yóu dēng oil lamp syn 橄榄油 橄欖油 gǎn lǎn yóu olive oil 中海油 zhōng hǎi yóu China National Offshore Oil Corporation 油污 yóu wū greasy dirt / sludge (from an oil spill) 炼油厂 煉油廠 liàn yóu chǎng oil refinery 管路 guǎn lù piping (for water, oil, etc) / conduit 麻油 má yóu sesame oil syn 棕榈油 棕櫚油 zōng lǘ yóu palm oil 油管 yóu guǎn oil pipe / (slang) YouTube 色拉油 sè lā yóu salad oil 水煮鱼 水煮魚 shuǐ zhǔ yú Sichuan poached sliced fish in hot chili oil 漏油 lòu yóu oil spill / oil leak / (fig.) boo! (opposite of 加油[jia1 you2]) 灯罩 燈罩 dēng zhào cover of lamp / lampshade / glass cover of oil lamp syn 重油 zhòng yóu (petrochemistry) heavy oil / fuel oil 菜油 cài yóu rapeseed oil / canola oil syn 油井 yóu jǐng oil well 柴米油盐 柴米油鹽 chái mǐ yóu yán lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt / fig. life's daily necessities syn 采油 採油 cǎi yóu oil extraction / oil recovery 鱼肝油 魚肝油 yú gān yóu cod liver oil 红油 紅油 hóng yóu chili oil 含油 hán yóu containing oil / oil-bearing 油罐车 油罐車 yóu guàn chē oil tanker truck / fuel tanker 食油 shí yóu cooking oil syn 芝麻油 zhī ma yóu sesame oil syn 石油勘探 shí yóu kān tàn oil exploration 优尼科 優尼科 yōu ní kē Unocal (US oil company) 火上加油 huǒ shàng jiā yóu to add oil to the fire (idiom) / fig. to aggravate a situation / to enrage people and make matters worse syn 灯盏 燈盞 dēng zhǎn lantern / uncovered oil lamp syn 火力发电厂 火力發電廠 huǒ lì fā diàn chǎng fired power plant (i.e. fired by coal, oil or gas) syn 榨油 zhà yóu to extract oil from vegetables / to press 桐油 tóng yóu tung oil, from the Japanese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata, used in making lacquer 油车 oil workover / workover 推油 tuī yóu oil massage 挥发油 揮發油 huī fā yóu volatile oil (in general) / gasoline 缺油 quē yóu oil shortage 清油 qīng yóu vegetable cooking oil syn 李四光 lǐ sì guāng Li Siguang (1889-1971), Mongol-born, Japanese-trained geologist, prominent in early PRC oil exploration 探勘 tàn kān to explore / to survey / to prospect (for oil etc) / prospecting 开夜车 開夜車 kāi yè chē to burn the midnight oil / to work late into the night syn 地沟油 地溝油 dì gōu yóu illegally recycled waste cooking oil 中国海洋石油总公司 中國海洋石油總公司 zhōng guó hǎi yáng shí yóu zǒng gōng sī CNOOC / China National Offshore Oil Corporation 油料作物 yóu liào zuò wù oil crop (rape, peanut, soy, sesame etc) / oil-bearing crop 薄荷油 bò he yóu peppermint oil 羊毛脂 yáng máo zhī lanolin / wool oil 油砂 yóu shā oil sand (mining) 油页岩 油頁岩 yóu yè yán oil shale 桶 tǒng bucket / (trash) can / barrel (of oil etc) / CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1] 炷 zhù wick of an oil lamp / to burn (incense etc) / classifier for lit incense sticks syn 炝 熗 qiàng to briefly boil (a vegetable etc), then dress with soy sauce, oil, vinegar etc / to briefly stir-fry (meat, chopped spring onions etc), then add to other ingredients and cook further syn 火上浇油 火上澆油 huǒ shàng jiāo yóu to pour oil on the fire (idiom) / fig. to aggravate a situation / to enrage people and make matters worse 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 油盐酱醋 油鹽醬醋 yóu yán jiàng cù (lit.) oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar / (fig.) the trivia of everyday life syn 俾夜作昼 俾夜作晝 bǐ yè zuò zhòu lit. to make night as day (idiom) / fig. to burn the midnight oil / work especially hard 焚膏继晷 焚膏繼晷 fén gāo jì guǐ to burn the midnight oil (idiom) / to work continuously night and day syn 椰油 yē yóu coconut oil 油汪汪 yóu wāng wāng dripping with oil syn 炼化 煉化 liàn huà to refine / refining (e.g. oil, chemicals etc) syn 兰郑长成品油管道 蘭鄭長成品油管道 lán zhèng cháng chéng pǐn yóu guǎn dào Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha oil pipeline 哈食油 hash oil 兰郑长管道 蘭鄭長管道 lán zhèng cháng guǎn dào Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha oil pipeline 西欧议员对南非石油禁运会议 西歐議員對南非石油禁運會議 Conference of West European Parliamentarians on an Oil Embargo against South Africa 印度大麻油 hash oil 微生物强化采油 微生物強化采油 microbial enhanced oil recovery 石油换食品项目 石油換食品項目 shí yóu huàn shí pǐn xiàng mù Iraq Oil for Food Program 关于合作处理北海石油污染的协议 關於合作處理北海石油汙染的協議 Agreement for Cooperation in Dealing with Pollution of the North Sea by Oil 焌 qū to extinguish a burning object / to singe sth with a smoldering object (e.g. burn a hole in one's trousers with a cigarette) / to stir-fry / to pour a mixture of hot oil and flavorings over food 石油公司国际海事论坛 石油公司國際海事論壇 shí yóu gōng sī guó jì hǎi shì lùn tán Oil Companies International Marine Forum 防治石油污染区域中心 防治石油汙染區域中心 Regional Oil Combating Centre 锭子油 錠子油 spindle oil 开发小油气资源国际会议 開發小油氣資源國際會議 International Meeting on the Development of Small Oil and Gas Resources 