腻味 (nì wei) — greasy, rich (of food, to the point of being unpleasant); fed up, sick of; tedious, monotonous
Definition
Describes food that is overly greasy or rich so it turns you off — and, by extension, anything that bores or sickens you from overexposure.
adjective
greasyrich (of food, to the point of being unpleasant)fed upsick oftediousmonotonous
Examples
- 腻味，。Zhè hóng shāo ròu tài nì wei le, wǒ chī bú xià.This braised pork is too greasy for me; I can't eat it.
- ，腻味。Měi tiān zuò tóng yàng de gōng zuò, wǒ dōu nì wei le.Doing the same work every day, I'm fed up with it.
- ，腻味。Tā lǎo shuō nà xiē wú liáo de shì, zhēn ràng rén nì wei.He keeps talking about those boring things — it really makes people sick of it.
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