添枝加叶 meaning in Chinese
add [fabricate] details of a story; embroider; have sth. to add to . . .; embellish (a story); add a few branches and leaves
Examples
- I discount him 90 percent for embroidery and what is left is perfect and priceless truth .
我给他打九折，扣除添枝加叶的话，剩下来的就是宝贵的真话。 - And these carried back to sondra, along with certain embellishments by constance, had the desired effect .
这些后来又传到桑德拉的耳朵里，加上康斯坦丝添枝加叶，就弄假成真了。 - He often embellishes the tales of his travels
他常给他的旅游趣闻添枝加叶。 - He always exaggerates to make his stories more amusing
他总爱添枝加叶,把故事讲得更有趣 - We may embellish a story , forget a word of the song , adapt an old technology or concoct a new theory out of old ideas
我们也许会给听来的故事添枝加叶、忘记一首歌里的一个字、改造旧技术、以老点子发明新理论。