加鹽加醋

Chinese

	to add; plus	salt	to add; plus	vinegar
trad. (加鹽加醋)	加	鹽	加	醋
simp. (加盐加醋)	加	盐	加	醋
Literally: “add salt, add vinegar”.

加鹽加醋

(Cantonese, figuratively) to add colour to (a narration); to exaggerate; to embellish

Dialectal synonyms of 添油加醋 (“to add colour; to spice up; to embellish”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		添油加醋, 加油添醋, 加油加醋, 加油添醬, 添枝加葉, 添枝接葉, 有枝添葉
Mandarin	Wanrong	添油加醋
	Liuzhou	添油添鹽
	Yangzhou	加油添醬, 加油添醋
	Singapore	添油加醋
Cantonese	Hong Kong	加鹽加醋
Min Bei	Jian'ou	加花添草
Min Nan	Xiamen	添枝加箬, 添跤添手, 生枝生箬
	Quanzhou	添跤添手
	Zhangzhou	添跤添手
	Tainan	添枝加箬
	Singapore (Hokkien)	添跤添手
	Jieyang	添湯落火, 添湯落汁
Wu	Shanghai	添油加醬
	Suzhou	添油加醬
	Hangzhou	添油添醋

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