肥肉 (féi ròu) — fatty meat

Definition

noun
fatty meat
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 肥肉
    Wǒ bù xǐ huan chī féi ròu, tài nì le.
    I don't like eating fatty meat, it's too greasy.
  • 肥肉
    Yī shēng shuō tā yào shǎo chī féi ròu, duì shēn tǐ bù hǎo.
    The doctor said he should eat less fatty meat, it's bad for his health.
  • 肥肉
    féi ròu Kě yǐ yòng lái liàn zhū yóu, chǎo cài hěn xiāng.
    Fatty meat can be used to render lard, which makes stir-frying fragrant.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

肥肉 is the 肉 that is 肥, fatty meat.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • ròumeat
  • jiéperson kneeling

肥 is built from 肉, meat, and 卪, a kneeling person.

Open 肥 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The original shape of 肉 showed ribs of an animal’s torso, or simply a slice of meat.

Open 肉 →
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