Jia you! Phrase 'add oil!' added to Oxford English Dictionary

It is a phrase that may be heard in Singapore exam halls as students give one another as messages of encouragement.

Few are aware, however, that the expression "add oil!", a literal translation of the Mandarin term "jia you", is an official entry in the Oxford English Dictionary, complete with an exclamation mark.

The discovery was made by Associate Professor Hugo Tseng from Taiwan's Soochow University, who wrote a column about his finding in Hong Kong's Apple Daily on Sunday (Oct 14).



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