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fat / fertile / loose-fitting or large / to fertilize / to become rich by illegal means / fertilizer / manure
HSK 4
manure
to lose weight
HSK 4
base fertilizer
chemical fertilizer
HSK 7-9
(of a stock animal) well-fed / fat
to apply fertilizer
lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom) / fig. not to live up to one's promises
base fertilizer
animal manure
to live in luxury / lit. to ride a solid carriage pulled by fat horses
compost
lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter) / fig. fame has its price
compound fertilizer
top soil dressing / additional fertilizer
(coll.) bold / brazen / to have a lot of nerve
topdressing (agriculture)
cake fertilizer
to make fertilizer by steeping organic materials in water and leaving them to decompose / fertilizer produced by this method
(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
manure / dung
green manure
(saying) a person cannot become wealthy without windfall profits (or ill-gotten gains etc), just as a horse cannot get fat without night feed
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
to fatten (animal before slaughter)
bacterial manure
fertilizer for potted flowers / fertilizer used to promote flowering in crop plants
leaven / sourdough


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