婆婆妈妈 婆婆媽媽 pó po mā mā effeminate / old-womanish / garrulous / fainthearted / overly careful / overly sensitive / maudlin syn 丰唇 豐唇 fēng chún to augment lip volume (through cosmetic surgery or injections) / plump lips 咬唇妆 咬唇妝 yǎo chún zhuāng bitten-lips look (darker lipstick applied on the inner part of the lips, and lighter on the outer part) 过分 過分 guò fèn excessive / undue / unduly / overly syn 雕琢 diāo zhuó to sculpt / to carve (jade) / ornate artwork / overly elaborate prose syn 疑神疑鬼 yí shén yí guǐ to suspect everyone / overly suspicious syn 姑息 gū xī excessively tolerant / to overindulge (sb) / overly conciliatory / to seek appeasement at any price syn 玻璃心 bō li xīn (slang) overly sensitive / butthurt 杯弓蛇影 bēi gōng shé yǐng lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom) / fig. unnecessary suspicions / overly fearful syn 处高鹜远 處高鶩遠 chǔ gāo wù yuǎn to be overly ambitious (idiom) 亵昵 褻昵 xiè nì disrespectful / overly familiar 钱串子 錢串子 qián chuàn zi string of copper coins (in ancient China) / (fig.) an overly money-oriented person / (zoology) centipede syn 甜腻 甜膩 tián nì sweet and unctuous / (fig.) overly sentimental 老古板 lǎo gǔ bǎn overly conservative / old-fashioned / old fogey / a square 恣睢 zì suī (literary) reckless / unbridled / self-indulgent / conceited / overly pleased with oneself 齁甜 hōu tián (dialect) (of food) excessively sweet / cloying / (dialect) (of words, affection etc) sickenly sweet / overly sentimental 嘉豪 jiā háo (slang) try-hard poser / cringe attention-seeker who acts overly cool or self-confident 饱满 飽滿 bǎo mǎn full / plump syn 欲滴 yù dī (suffix) replete (with moisture) / glistening / plump and tender / lovely / alluring 丰盈 豐盈 fēng yíng well-rounded / plump syn 肥厚 féi hòu plump / fleshy / fertile syn 滴溜溜 dī liū liū whirling / spinning around and around / round and plump (e.g. of fruit) 肥美 féi měi fertile / luxuriant / plump / rounded syn 肥硕 肥碩 féi shuò fleshy (fruit) / plump / large and firm-fleshed (limbs, body) / stout syn 胖嘟嘟 pàng dū dū plump / pudgy / chubby 丰 豐 fēng abundant / plentiful / fertile / plump / great syn 胖 pàng fat / plump syn 肥头大耳 肥頭大耳 féi tóu dà ěr fat / plump / chubby 膘肥体壮 膘肥體壯 biāo féi tǐ zhuàng (of a livestock animal) plump and strong / well-fed syn 肥实 肥實 féi shí plump (of fruit) / fat (of meat) / fertile (of land) syn 圆滚滚 圓滾滾 yuán gǔn gǔn plump syn 卧蚕 卧蠶 wò cán plump lower eyelids (considered to be an attractive feature) 肥滋滋 féi zī zī fat / plump 肉乎乎 ròu hū hū plump / fleshy 嘴里 嘴裡 zuǐ lǐ mouth / in the mouth / on one's lips / speech / words 五官 wǔ guān five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features 口吻 kǒu wěn tone of voice / connotation in intonation / accent (regional etc) / snout / muzzle / lips / protruding portion of an animal's face syn 封口 fēng kǒu to close up / to heal (of wound) / to keep one's lips sealed 闭合 閉合 bì hé to close by coming together (like the lips of a wound, the doors of an elevator, the walls of a channel) / to close by connecting in a loop (like a circuit) / closed-loop syn 唇舌 chún shé argument / words / lips and tongue syn 传诵 傳誦 chuán sòng widely known / on everyone's lips syn 嘴皮子 zuǐ pí zi lit. lips / fig. glib talk syn 努嘴 nǔ zuǐ to pout / to stick out one's lips syn 吧嗒 bā da (onom.) patter, splatter, click / to smack one's lips / to pull (on a pipe) syn 唇齿相依 唇齒相依 chún chǐ xiāng yī lit. as close as lips and teeth (idiom) / closely related / interdependent syn 嘴快 zuǐ kuài to have loose lips syn 唇亡齿寒 唇亡齒寒 chún wáng chǐ hán lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom) / fig. intimately interdependent syn 歃血 shà xuè to smear one's lips with the blood of a sacrifice as a means of pledging allegiance (old) 驴唇不对马嘴 驢唇不對馬嘴 lǘ chún bù duì mǎ zuǐ lit. a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (idiom) / fig. wide of the mark / irrelevant / incongruous syn 咂 zā to sip / to smack one's lips / to taste / to savor syn 点头咂嘴 點頭咂嘴 diǎn tóu zā zuǐ to approve by nodding one's head and smacking one's lips (idiom) 歃血为盟 歃血為盟 shà xuè wéi méng to smear the lips with blood when taking an oath (idiom) / to swear a sacred oath syn 皴裂 cūn liè (of lips, skin etc) to chap syn 呡 wěn the corners of the mouth / the lips 努出 nǔ chū to extend / to push out (hands as a gesture) / to pout (i.e. push out lips) 动嘴皮 動嘴皮 dòng zuǐ pí to move one's lips / to wag one's tongue 吧唧 bā ji to smack one's lips syn 吧唧吧唧 bā ji bā ji (onom.) smacking the lips 唇印 chún yìn lips-mark / hickey 沾唇 zhān chún to moisten one's lips / to sip (wine, tea etc) / esp. used with negatives: never touch a drop of the stuff 满嘴起疱 滿嘴起皰 mǎn zuǐ qǐ pào to have lips covered in blisters 皓齿朱唇 皓齒硃唇 hào chǐ zhū chún white teeth and vermilion lips (idiom) / lovely young woman 磨破嘴皮子 mó pò zuǐ pí zi to wear out one's lips (idiom) / to talk until one is blue in the face / to repeat again and again 紧绷绷 緊繃繃 jǐn bēng bēng tight / stretched / (face, lips) taut / strained syn 口嫌体正直 口嫌體正直 kǒu xián tǐ zhèng zhí your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (borrowed from Japanese) 口嫌体直 口嫌體直 kǒu xián tǐ zhí your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (four-character version of 口嫌體正直|口嫌体正直[kou3 xian2 ti3 zheng4 zhi2]) 皲裂 皸裂 jūn liè (of lips, skin etc) to chap syn 