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Add oil
Add oil (Chinese: 加油; pinyin: jiā yóu; Jyutping: ga1 yau4) is a Hong Kong English expression used as a encouragement and support to a person. Originated in Hong Kong, the phrase is commonly used by Chinese speakers in both English and Chinese. The phrase is the result of Chinglish, and is often described as "the hardest to translate well". Add oil can be roughly translated as "keep it up".Although it was frequently stated to be a phrase with incorrect grammar, the Oxford English Dictionary listed the phrase in 2018.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of add oil in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of add oil in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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Markets continue to discount dissappointmentr over the ECB. You add oil prices making new lows, worries over U.S. high yield, China deflation and a mini credit crisis in Italy, then you have the cocktail that is weighing on markets.
Markets continue to discount disappointment over the ECB. You add oil prices making new lows, worries over U.S. high yield, China deflation and a mini credit crisis in Italy, then you have the cocktail that is weighing on markets.
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