jiā

to add

Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jia; (math.) plus; to increase; to augment; (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1 jia1 gai3 liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)")

effort (力) + mouth (口) = to add or augment

Speaking up (口) and putting in effort (力) together signals adding more — adding your voice, your strength, your input. The image is of someone actively contributing something to a situation.

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二等于五。

sān jiā èr děng yú wǔ。

Three plus two equals five.

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zhè piān wén zhāng xū yào shāo jiā xiū gǎi cái néng fā biǎo。

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Words with 加

加剧

jiā jù

to intensify

加宽

jiā kuān

widen

哥斯大黎加

gē sī dà lí jiā

(Tw) Costa Rica

递加

dì jiā

progressively increasing

邓加

dèng jiā

Dunga (1963-), former Brazilian soccer player

酌加

zhuó jiā

to make considered additions

里加

lǐ jiā

Riga, capital of Latvia

重力加速度

zhòng lì jiā sù dù

(physics) gravitational acceleration

阿加维

ā jiā wéi

see 阿爾加維|阿尔加维[A1 er3 jia1 wei2]

阿加莎·克里斯蒂

ā jiā shā · kè lǐ sī dì

Agatha Christie

阿加迪尔

ā jiā dí ěr

Agadir, city in southwest Morocco

阿拉斯加

ā lā sī jiā

Alaska, US state

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