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  *油* | 油* | *油
oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning
HSK 2
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  *胖* | 胖* | *胖
fat / plump
HSK 3
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  *肥* | 肥* | *肥
fat / fertile / loose-fitting or large / to fertilize / to become rich by illegal means / fertilizer / manure
HSK 4
fat person / fatty
HSK 4
to put on weight / to get fat (a sign of prosperity, so a compliment)
to remove fat / to skim (milk)
low fat
fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food)
HSK 7-9
Chow Yun-Fat (1955-), Hong Kong TV and film star
(of a stock animal) well-fed / fat
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  *肪* | 肪* | *肪
animal fat
fat / grease / riches / fortune / fruits of one's labor
fat; obese
HSK 7-9
lit. when someone tells you you're fat, you pant (as if you were actually fat) (idiom) / fig. Hey! I pay you a compliment, and you start bragging! (typically jocular and teasing) / flattery, like perfume, should be smelled, not swallowed
fat (e.g. pork fat) / fatty meat / (fig.) a gold mine / cash cow
cream / milk fat
trans fat / trans-isomer fatty acid
(of clothes) baggy; loose / (of a person) fat; stout / (medicine) hypertrophy
to burn fat; to lose weight (through diet or exercise)
saturated fat
lit. the fat and wealth of the people (idiom); the nation's hard-won wealth (esp. as an object of unscrupulous exploitation) / the people's blood, sweat and tears
lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom) / fig. not to live up to one's promises
animal fat
lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb) / fig. any significant achievement requires time, effort and persistence
heavy man / fat man / lunkhead / lummox / lug
to put on weight / to get fat
body fat, esp. the layer of fat under the skin (used in reference to humans, animals or meat)
lit. fat and blood / fruit of one's hard labor / flesh and blood
clenbuterol hydrochloride (diet pill that burns fat) / e.g. Spiropent
fat finger error (finance)
crisp residue left after rendering animal fat; (esp.) pork cracklings
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  *莱* | 莱* | *莱
name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc) / Chenopodium album
one's physique (tall or short, thin or fat) / stature
bare and bald (of mountains) / bright and brilliant / fat and sleek
sheep's fat / suet / mutton tallow
sheep-fat white jade, a type of jade
swim ring / swim tube / (fig.) (coll.) spare tire (roll of fat around the waist)
fat / plump
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  *脂* | 脂* | *脂
fat / rouge (cosmetics) / resin
(coll.) skinny fat person (person who is MONW: metabolically obese normal weight)
to fatten cattle in a shed / to become fat
high blood fat disease / hyperlipidemia / hypertriglyceridemia
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  *脝* | 脝* | *脝
fat / bloated
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  *膘* | 膘* | *膘
(usu. of livestock) fat
to live in luxury / lit. to ride a solid carriage pulled by fat horses
semi-solid fat-based substance / (medicine) ointment
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  *煠* | 煠* | *煠
to fry in fat or oil / to scald
plump (of fruit) / fat (of meat) / fertile (of land)
soft, fat meat of pig's belly / sow's sagging teats / weakling / flabby person / also written 囊膪
fat hen (Chenopodium album), edible annual plant
excess flesh; unwanted fat; flab; bulge
shortening (fat used in cooking cakes)
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  *腴* | 腴* | *腴
fat on belly / fertile / rich
grease or fat blobs at the surface of a liquid / tricky and dissolute
pork bouillon powder / (neologism) (slang) a person who, like a pig, is fat and ugly and given to histrionics
lit. to want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb) / fig. to try to achieve one's goal in the shortest time possible / to be impatient for success
grease / oil / fat
(coll.) short, fat person (esp. a kid) / a roly-poly
lard / animal fat
overweight from overwork (the supposition that white collar workers become fat as a consequence of factors associated with being under pressure at work, including irregular diet, lack of exercise and inadequate rest)
to live off the fat of the land (idiom) / to have a luxurious lifestyle
fat; plump; chubby
(of animals) round and fat
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  *藜* | 藜* | *藜
name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc) / Chenopodium album
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  *奘* | 奘* | *奘
fat / stout
fur seal / (literary) fat; obese
leaf fat / leaf lard
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  *臇* | 臇* | *臇
fat, rich / a stew of fish
vegetable fat
(saying) a person cannot become wealthy without windfall profits (or ill-gotten gains etc), just as a horse cannot get fat without night feed
soft, fat meat of pig's belly / sow's sagging teats / weakling / flabby person / also written 囊揣
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  *膋* | 膋* | *膋
fat on intestines
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  *腯* | 腯* | *腯
fat (of pigs)
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  *膆* | 膆* | *膆
(literary) fat / variant of


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