肥肉 féi ròu fat (e.g. pork fat) / fatty meat / (fig.) a gold mine / cash cow syn 说你胖你就喘 說你胖你就喘 shuō nǐ pàng nǐ jiù chuǎn 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 肥膘 féi biāo body fat, esp. the layer of fat under the skin (used in reference to humans, animals or meat) 头 頭 tóu head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 煺 tuì to pluck poultry or depilate pigs using hot water 豗 huī clash / grunting of pigs 豷 yì breathing of pigs 人怕出名猪怕壮 人怕出名豬怕壯 rén pà chū míng zhū pà zhuàng lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter) / fig. fame has its price 豵 zōng litter of pigs / little pig 猪湾 豬灣 zhū wān Bay of Pigs (Cuba) 人怕出名，猪怕壮 人怕出名，豬怕壯 rén pà chū míng , zhū pà zhuàng Man should fear fame as pigs fear fattening (idiom). 偶蹄目 ǒu tí mù Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates, such as pigs, cows, giraffes etc) 偶蹄类 偶蹄類 ǒu tí lèi Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates, such as pigs, cows, giraffes etc) 杀猪宰羊 殺豬宰羊 shā zhū zǎi yáng to kill the pigs and slaughter the sheep (idiom) 缵不可能的事 纘不可能的事 zuǎn bù kě néng de shì pigs might fly (idiom) 人怕出名猪怕肥 人怕出名豬怕肥 rén pà chū míng zhū pà féi lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter) / fig. fame has its price 豕豞 shǐ hòu grunting of pigs 豞 hòu grunting of pigs 猪草 豬草 zhū cǎo weeds or grass used to feed pigs 太阳从西边出来 太陽從西邊出來 tài yáng cóng xī biān chū lái lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom) / fig. hell freezes over / pigs can fly 欧猪 歐豬 ōu zhū (economics) (derog.) PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain) / PIIGS (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain) 公猪异味 公豬異味 gōng zhū yì wèi boar taint, the taste or odor of sweat or urine in pork from uncastrated pigs 猪膻味 豬膻味 zhū shān wèi boar taint, the taste or odor of sweat or urine in pork from uncastrated pigs 脂肪 zhī fáng fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food) syn 胖子 pàng zi fat person / fatty syn 肥胖 féi pàng fat / obese syn 油脂 yóu zhī grease / oil / fat 肥大 féi dà (of clothes) baggy / loose / (of a person) fat / stout / (medicine) hypertrophy syn 发胖 發胖 fā pàng to put on weight / to get fat syn 大块头 大塊頭 dà kuài tóu heavy man / fat man / lunkhead / lummox / lug syn 赘肉 贅肉 zhuì ròu excess flesh / unwanted fat / flab / bulge 发福 發福 fā fú to put on weight / to get fat (a sign of prosperity, so a compliment) syn 脱脂 脫脂 tuō zhī to remove fat / to skim (milk) 板油 bǎn yóu leaf fat / leaf lard syn 高脂血症 gāo zhī xuè zhèng high blood fat disease / hyperlipidemia / hypertriglyceridemia 油膏 yóu gāo semi-solid fat-based substance / (medicine) ointment 动物油 動物油 dòng wù yóu animal fat 乳脂 rǔ zhī cream / milk fat 膘肥 biāo féi (of a stock animal) well-fed / fat 脂膏 zhī gāo fat / grease / riches / fortune / fruits of one's labor syn 油 yóu oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning syn 莱 萊 lái name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc) / Chenopodium album syn 肥 féi fat / fertile / loose-fitting or large / to fertilize / to become rich by illegal means / fertilizer / manure syn 胖 pàng fat / plump syn 脂 zhī fat / rouge (cosmetics) / resin syn 肪 fáng animal fat 腴 yú fat on belly / fertile / rich syn 奘 zhuǎng fat / stout syn 藜 lí name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc) / Chenopodium album syn 臇 juǎn fat, rich / a stew of fish 脝 hēng fat / bloated 膋 liáo fat on intestines 臕 biāo fat / gross, sleek 乘坚策肥 乘堅策肥 chéng jiān cè féi to live in luxury / lit. to ride a solid carriage pulled by fat horses 民脂民膏 mín zhī mín gāo 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 syn 肥头大耳 肥頭大耳 féi tóu dà ěr fat / plump / chubby 饫甘餍肥 飫甘饜肥 yù gān yàn féi to live off the fat of the land (idiom) / to have a luxurious lifestyle 食言而肥 shí yán ér féi lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom) / fig. not to live up to one's promises syn 膆 sù (literary) fat / the crop of a bird (variant of 嗉[su4]) 档案分配区 檔案分配區 dàng àn fēn pèi qū file allocation table / FAT 蹲膘 dūn biāo to fatten cattle in a shed / to become fat 煠 yè to fry in fat or oil / to scald 周润发 周潤發 zhōu rùn fā Chow Yun-Fat (1955-), Hong Kong TV and film star 低脂 dī zhī low fat 动物脂肪 動物脂肪 dòng wù zhī fáng animal fat 反式脂肪 fǎn shì zhī fáng trans fat / trans-isomer fatty acid 囊揣 nāng chuài soft, fat meat of pig's belly / sow's sagging teats / weakling / flabby person / also written 囊膪 囊膪 nāng chuài soft, fat meat of pig's belly / sow's sagging teats / weakling / flabby person / also written 囊揣 植物脂肪 zhí wù zhī fáng vegetable fat 濯濯 zhuó zhuó bare and bald (of mountains) / bright and brilliant / fat and sleek syn 盐酸克仑特罗 鹽酸克侖特羅 yán suān kè lún tè luō clenbuterol hydrochloride (diet pill that burns fat) / e.g. Spiropent 肥实 肥實 féi shí plump (of fruit) / fat (of meat) / fertile (of land) syn 腽肭 膃肭 wà nà fur seal / (literary) fat / obese 膏血 gāo xuè lit. fat and blood / fruit of one's hard labor / flesh and blood 荤油 葷油 hūn yóu lard / animal fat syn 酥松油脂 酥鬆油脂 sū sōng yóu zhī shortening (fat used in cooking cakes) 饱和脂肪 飽和脂肪 bǎo hé zhī fáng saturated fat 高矮胖瘦 gāo ǎi pàng shòu one's physique (tall or short, thin or fat) / stature 胖墩儿 胖墩兒 pàng dūn r (coll.) short, fat person (esp. a kid) / a roly-poly 马无夜草不肥，人无外快不富 馬無夜草不肥，人無外快不富 mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi , rén wú wài kuài bù fù a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiom) 羊油 yáng yóu sheep's fat / suet / mutton tallow 一口吃不成胖子 yī kǒu chī bù chéng pàng zi lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb) / fig. any significant achievement requires time, effort and persistence 一口吃个胖子 一口吃個胖子 yī kǒu chī ge pàng zi 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 滚瓜溜圆 滾瓜溜圓 gǔn guā liū yuán (of animals) round and fat syn 乌龙指 烏龍指 wū lóng zhǐ fat finger error (finance) 过劳肥 過勞肥 guò láo féi 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) 油花 yóu huā grease or fat blobs at the surface of a liquid / tricky and dissolute 羊脂白玉 yáng zhī bái yù sheep-fat white jade, a type of jade 灰菜 huī cài fat hen (Chenopodium album), edible annual plant 肥滋滋 féi zī zī fat / plump 泡芙人 pào fú rén (coll.) skinny fat person (person who is MONW: metabolically obese normal weight) 猪精 豬精 zhū jīng pork bouillon powder / (neologism) (slang) a person who, like a pig, is fat and ugly and given to histrionics 游泳圈 yóu yǒng quān swim ring / swim tube / (fig.) (coll.) spare tire (roll of fat around the waist) 盐酸克仑特罗 鹽酸克侖特羅 yán suān kè lún tè luó clenbuterol hydrochloride (diet pill that burns fat) / e.g. Spiropent 人无横财不富，马无夜草不肥 人無橫財不富，馬無夜草不肥 rén wú hèng cái bù fù , mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi (saying) a person cannot become wealthy without windfall profits (or ill-gotten gains etc), just as a horse cannot get fat without night feed 减脂 減脂 jiǎn zhī to burn fat / to lose weight (through diet or exercise) 