dem gyaeuj dem rieng

Zhuang

Etymology

Literally "to add a head and add a tail".

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /teːm˨˦ kʲau˥ teːm˨˦ ɣiːŋ˨˦/
• Tone numbers: dem¹ gyaeu³ dem¹ rieng¹
• Hyphenation: dem‧gyaeuj‧dem‧rieng

Verb

dem gyaeuj dem rieng (1957–1982 spelling dem gyəuз dem rieŋ)

1. (idiomatic) to embellish a story

References

• Somsonge Burusphat, Qin Xiaohang (2009) “Syntactic patterns of Zhuang idioms”, in Manusya, Journal of Humanities‎^[1], number 17 (special), pages 45–57