肥美 (féi měi) — (of land) fertile, rich; (of vegetation) luxuriant, lush; (of food, esp. meat/fish) plump, rich, succulent

Definition

'Plump and rich' — used for fertile land, lush vegetation, and especially for fat, succulent food like fish or meat.

idiom
(of land) fertilerich(of vegetation) luxuriantlush(of food, esp. meat/fish) plumprichsucculent

Examples

  • 肥美。
    Zhè piàn féi měi de tǔ dì shì hé zhǒng shuǐ dào.
    This fertile land is suitable for growing rice.
  • 肥美。
    Cǎo yuán shàng de cǎo cháng dé fēi cháng féi měi.
    The grass on the prairie grows very lush.
  • 肥美。
    Qiū tiān de páng xiè yòu féi měi yòu xiān.
    Autumn crabs are both plump and fresh.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

肥féifat or fertile
美měifine or beautiful

肥 means fat or fertile and 美 means fine or beautiful, so together they suggest rich, lush, or plump quality.

Characters in this word

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

  • 肉肉ròumeat
  • 卪卪jiéperson kneeling

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

Open 肥 →

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

美 shows 大, a person, wearing 羊, a headdress of feathers or ram's horn.

Open 美 →

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