Definition
腻 is a stative verb with two connected meanings. The core meaning describes food that is greasy or oily (油腻). From that physical sense extends a figurative meaning of feeling bored, fed up, or tired of something after too much exposure or repetition — like 吃腻了 ('be sick of eating something') or 腻烦 ('be bored with'). In informal speech it can also describe a person's behavior as overly clingy or cloying (腻歪).
s.v.
greasyoily (of food)boredfed uptired of (from overindulgence or repetition)
Examples
- ，腻。Liánxù chī le sān tiān huǒguō, wǒ yǒudiǎn nì le.After eating hotpot three days in a row, I'm a bit tired of it.
- 腻，。Zhè zhǒng féiròu tài nì le, wǒ bú tài xiǎng chī.This kind of fatty meat is too greasy; I don't really feel like eating it.
- ，腻。Tā zhěngtiān shuō tóngyàng de huà, ràng dàjiā dōu juéde hěn nì.He says the same things all day, making everyone feel quite fed up.
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