Singapore: It is a phrase that may be heard in Singapore exam halls as students give one another messages of encouragement.
But few are aware that “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.
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