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- to add or gain sth without additional effort
- to add sth without good cause
- to make people feel even more stressed or annoyed (coll.)
- to make traffic congestion even worse
Trad. 錦上添花
- 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
- lit. like a tiger that has grown wings
- with redoubled power (idiom)
Trad. 畫蛇添足
- lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous
- to overdo it
- lit. to add oil and vinegar (idiom)
- fig. to embellish; to exaggerate (a story, a narration etc)
Trad. 添磚加瓦
- lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom)
- fig. to do one's bit to help
- lit. one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning)
- to share fairly between two parties
- to go fifty-fifty