1 to add oil

2 to top up with gas

3 to refuel

4 to accelerate

5 to step on the gas

6 (fig.) to make an extra effort

7 to cheer sb on

1 oil

2 fat

3 grease

4 petroleum

5 to apply tung oil, paint or varnish

6 oily

7 greasy

8 glib

9 cunning

1 surname Mi

1 small shrimp

2 dried, shelled shrimps

1 gas station

1 a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)

1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)

2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off

3 to go for wool and come back shorn

1 The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.

1 woodcutter's cottage (idiom); poor person's hovel

2 fig. my humble house

1 lit. oily and shiny to the point of reflecting (idiom)

2 lustrous