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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
to lose weight
HSK 4
HSK 7-9
base fertilizer
chemical fertilizer
HSK 7-9
pig-gut (large intestine used as foodstuff)
(of a stock animal) well-fed / fat
lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field / fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb)
fat; obese
HSK 7-9
fat (e.g. pork fat) / fatty meat / (fig.) a gold mine / cash cow
to choose sth over another to suit one's own convenience
(of clothes) baggy; loose / (of a person) fat; stout / (medicine) hypertrophy
Hefei University of Technology
to apply fertilizer
soap opera (loanword)
fertility (of soil)
fertilizer / manure
HSK 7-9
lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom) / fig. not to live up to one's promises
base fertilizer
lit. light furs and stout horses / fig. to live in luxury
fertile
HSK 7-9
fresh and tender (of food) / delicious
body fat, esp. the layer of fat under the skin (used in reference to humans, animals or meat)
compost
fatty beef slices (esp. for hot pot)
exceedingly obese
manure
lucrative job / cushy job
plump / fleshy / fertile
hyperostosis (abnormal thickening of bone)
animal manure
fat; plump; chubby
fertile / luxuriant / plump / rounded
Feixi, a county in Hefei City 合肥市, Anhui
to live in luxury / lit. to ride a solid carriage pulled by fat horses
foie gras
compost
soap bubble
lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter) / fig. fame has its price
ammonium sulfate fertilizer
fleshy (fruit) / plump / large and firm-fleshed (limbs, body) / stout
compound fertilizer
fat / plump
lucrative post
(fig.) attractive and easy mark / source of steady profit / moneymaker / cash cow
Hefei, prefecture-level city and capital of Anhui Province 安徽省
(idiom) to cherry-pick; to pick the best parts for oneself; to be choosy
fine foods
top soil dressing / additional fertilizer
(coll.) bold / brazen / to have a lot of nerve
effectiveness of fertilizer
topdressing (agriculture)
to choose sth over another to suit one's own convenience
stout and strong
fertile land / to fertilize the soil
cake fertilizer
to make fertilizer by steeping organic materials in water and leaving them to decompose / fertilizer produced by this method
lit. stout horses and light furs / fig. to live in luxury
(idiom) overweight as a result of living a life of privilege
to unfairly divide benefits, favoring a few
organic fertilizer
to accumulate manure / to lay down compost
phosphate fertilizer
to live off the fat of the land (idiom) / to have a luxurious lifestyle
inorganic fertilizer
soapy lather / foam
manure / dung
morbidly obese (medicine)
green manure
Feixiang, a district of Handan City 邯鄲市|邯郸市, Hebei
Feicheng, a county-level city in Tai'an City 泰安市, Shandong
obesity
(of foods) fatty / greasy
Feidong, a county in Hefei City 合肥市, Anhui
(animal) fattening preparation
(saying) a person cannot become wealthy without windfall profits (or ill-gotten gains etc), just as a horse cannot get fat without night feed
to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom); personal profit at public expense / venal and selfish behavior
plump (of fruit) / fat (of meat) / fertile (of land)
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)
manure
soapy water
(Tw) (loanword) sous vide
to fatten (animal before slaughter)
bacterial manure
fertilizer for potted flowers / fertilizer used to promote flowering in crop plants
leaven / sourdough
(of a livestock animal) plump and strong / well-fed


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