增添
zēng tiān
Pinyin
Definition
增添
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- to add
- to increase
Character Decomposition
Idioms (7)
如虎添翼
- 1 lit. like a tiger that has grown wings
- 2 with redoubled power (idiom)
有增无已
- 1 constantly increasing without limit (idiom); rapid progress in all directions
有增无减
- 1 to increase without letup
- 2 to get worse and worse (idiom)
添砖加瓦
- 1 lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom)
- 2 fig. to do one's bit to help
画蛇添足
- 1 lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous
- 2 to overdo it
Sample Sentences
为了维护您的权益,请您在购物结束后,核查您的小票与您所购买的商品是否一致。同时请您查看您所购买的商品是否已拿齐,以免给您增添不必要的麻烦。
To ensure your rights are protected, after you've made purchases, please check that your receipts match the products you're purchasing. At the same time, please remember to ensure that you've taken all the products you've bought with you to avoid unnecessary hassle.
盘活了闲置的床位资源,为养老院增添了活力和人气,还有助于补上养老服务的短板。
Revitalise idle beds, liven up nursing home and also help to relieve the shortcomings of nursing home services.
引年轻人入住,一方面盘活了闲置的床位资源,另一方面,混龄居住,为养老院增添了活力和人气,有利于养老机构自身进一步发展。
Inviting young people to stay, on the one hand, better utilities unused bed resources, on the other hand, living in mixed ages environment, injects vitality and life to the nursing home. These are beneficial to the further development of the old-age homes.
唉,没想到您对免税品成见如此之深,免税品可不只有大牌奢侈品,还有很多物美价廉的好物,购买这些性价比超高免税品,能彰显个人品味不说,还能给生活增添情趣,何乐而不为呢?
Ugh, I wouldn't have thought you'd have such deep prejudices towards duty-free shops. Duty-free shops don't just stock big brand luxury goods, there are also many good quality cheap products. Buying these really high quality-price ratio duty-free goods, not only shows individual taste, it also make life more interesting. Why wouldn’t you buy them?
适度玩玩也能增添些乐趣嘛。你最近没买?
A moderate amount of playing can add to your enjoyment. You haven't bought any lately?
可以说,遇见她,给我枯燥的大三生活增添了许多活力和憧憬。寝室的室友知道后也一直说我撞桃花,情窦初开了。转眼间,到了第四个周末。
You could say, meeting her put a little life into my dull, third-year student existence and gave me something to look forward to. After my rommates found out, they kept saying I'd finally gotten some good luck and that I was really starting to notice the girls. Then, in the blink of an eye, the fourth weekend arrived.
也是。现在中国发展这么快,学好汉语拿个证书也能为找工作增添砝码。
That's true. Right now China is developing so fast. Having a Chinese language certification can be an important factor in finding employment.