臃肿 (yōng zhǒng) — (of a person) obese, overweight; (of a body part) bloated, swollen; (figurative, of writing style) overblown, ornate; (of an organization) overstaffed, bloated
Definition
Literary/formal adjective used in writing for 'bloated'. Applied to a body (overweight, swollen), or figuratively to organizations (overstaffed) and writing style (overly ornate) — stronger and more rhetorical than everyday 胖.
adjective
(of a person) obeseoverweight(of a body part) bloatedswollen(figurative, of writing style) overblownornate(of an organization) overstaffedbloated
Examples
- ，臃肿。Tā zuì jìn biàn pàng le, kàn qǐ lái yǒu diǎn yōng zhǒng.He's gained weight recently and looks a bit overweight.
- 臃肿。Tā de jiǎo bèi wén zi yǎo dé yòu hóng yòu yōng zhǒng.Her foot was bitten by a mosquito and is all red and swollen.
- ，臃肿。Zhèng fǔ jué dìng cái yuán, yīn wèi jī gòu tài yōng zhǒng le.The government decided to downsize because the organization was too bloated.
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