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  *油* | 油* | *油
oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning
HSK 2
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  *胖* | 胖* | *胖
fat / plump
HSK 3
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  *肥* | 肥* | *肥
fat / fertile / loose-fitting or large / to fertilize / to become rich by illegal means / fertilizer / manure
HSK 4
fat person / fatty
HSK 4
fat; obese
HSK 7-9
fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food)
HSK 7-9
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  *肪* | 肪* | *肪
animal fat
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  *脂* | 脂* | *脂
fat / rouge (cosmetics) / resin
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  *萊* | 萊* | *萊
name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc) / Chenopodium album
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  *腯* | 腯* | *腯
fat (of pigs)
(of clothes) baggy; loose / (of a person) fat; stout / (medicine) hypertrophy
lard / animal fat
grease / oil / fat
semi-solid fat-based substance / (medicine) ointment
to put on weight / to get fat (a sign of prosperity, so a compliment)
to remove fat / to skim (milk)
to put on weight / to get fat
heavy man / fat man / lunkhead / lummox / lug
fat (e.g. pork fat) / fatty meat / (fig.) a gold mine / cash cow
fat; plump; chubby
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  *藜* | 藜* | *藜
name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc) / Chenopodium album
sheep's fat / suet / mutton tallow
cream / milk fat
lit. to want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb) / fig. to try to achieve one's goal in the shortest time possible / to be impatient for success
(coll.) short, fat person (esp. a kid) / a roly-poly
swim ring / swim tube / (fig.) (coll.) spare tire (roll of fat around the waist)
plump (of fruit) / fat (of meat) / fertile (of land)
grease or fat blobs at the surface of a liquid / tricky and dissolute
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  *臇* | 臇* | *臇
fat, rich / a stew of fish
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  *腴* | 腴* | *腴
fat on belly / fertile / rich
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  *煠* | 煠* | *煠
to fry in fat or oil / to scald
lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb) / fig. any significant achievement requires time, effort and persistence
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  *膋* | 膋* | *膋
fat on intestines
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  *脝* | 脝* | *脝
fat / bloated
animal fat
leaf fat / leaf lard
bare and bald (of mountains) / bright and brilliant / fat and sleek
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  *膘* | 膘* | *膘
(usu. of livestock) fat
lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom) / fig. not to live up to one's promises
excess flesh; unwanted fat; flab; bulge
low fat
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  *奘* | 奘* | *奘
fat / stout
lit. fat and blood / fruit of one's hard labor / flesh and blood
lit. the fat and wealth of the people (idiom); the nation's hard-won wealth (esp. as an object of unscrupulous exploitation) / the people's blood, sweat and tears
to live in luxury / lit. to ride a solid carriage pulled by fat horses
to live off the fat of the land (idiom) / to have a luxurious lifestyle
soft, fat meat of pig's belly / sow's sagging teats / weakling / flabby person / also written 囊膪
fur seal / (literary) fat; obese
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  *膆* | 膆* | *膆
(literary) fat / the crop of a bird (variant of )
to fatten cattle in a shed / to become fat
soft, fat meat of pig's belly / sow's sagging teats / weakling / flabby person / also written 囊揣
Chow Yun-Fat (1955-), Hong Kong TV and film star
pork bouillon powder / (neologism) (slang) a person who, like a pig, is fat and ugly and given to histrionics
(of a stock animal) well-fed / fat
high blood fat disease / hyperlipidemia / hypertriglyceridemia
saturated fat
to burn fat; to lose weight (through diet or exercise)
fat / plump
(coll.) skinny fat person (person who is MONW: metabolically obese normal weight)
sheep-fat white jade, a type of jade
vegetable fat
fat finger error (finance)
(saying) a person cannot become wealthy without windfall profits (or ill-gotten gains etc), just as a horse cannot get fat without night feed
trans fat / trans-isomer fatty acid
(of animals) round and fat
fat hen (Chenopodium album), edible annual plant
body fat, esp. the layer of fat under the skin (used in reference to humans, animals or meat)
fat / grease / riches / fortune / fruits of one's labor
lit. when someone tells you you're fat, you pant (as if you were actually fat) (idiom) / fig. Hey! I pay you a compliment, and you start bragging! (typically jocular and teasing) / flattery, like perfume, should be smelled, not swallowed
overweight from overwork (the supposition that white collar workers become fat as a consequence of factors associated with being under pressure at work, including irregular diet, lack of exercise and inadequate rest)
shortening (fat used in cooking cakes)
one's physique (tall or short, thin or fat) / stature
clenbuterol hydrochloride (diet pill that burns fat) / e.g. Spiropent


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