胖子 pàng zi fat person / fatty syn 燃烧 燃燒 rán shāo to ignite / to combust / to burn / combustion / flaming syn 着 著 zháo to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in syn 大块头 大塊頭 dà kuài tóu heavy man / fat man / lunkhead / lummox / lug syn 脂肪 zhī fáng fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food) syn 烧伤 燒傷 shāo shāng burn (injury) syn 擦伤 擦傷 cā shāng to abrade / to scrape / to chafe / to graze / abrasion / friction burn / scratch 肥胖 féi pàng fat / obese syn 火烧 火燒 huǒ shāo to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake syn 肥肉 féi ròu fat (e.g. pork fat) / fatty meat / (fig.) a gold mine / cash cow syn 焚烧 焚燒 fén shāo to burn / to set on fire syn 油脂 yóu zhī grease / oil / fat 脱脂 脫脂 tuō zhī to remove fat / to skim (milk) 灼伤 灼傷 zhuó shāng a burn (tissue damage from heat, chemicals etc) / to burn (the skin etc) / (fig.) (of anger, jealousy etc) to hurt (sb) syn 发胖 發胖 fā pàng to put on weight / to get fat syn 炙手可热 炙手可熱 zhì shǒu kě rè lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom) / fig. arrogance of the powerful / a mighty figure no-one dares approach / hot (exciting or in favor) 肥大 féi dà (of clothes) baggy / loose / (of a person) fat / stout / (medicine) hypertrophy syn 发福 發福 fā fú to put on weight / to get fat (a sign of prosperity, so a compliment) syn 焚毁 焚燬 fén huǐ to burn down / to destroy with fire syn 烧灼 燒灼 shāo zhuó to burn / to scorch / to cauterize syn 付之一炬 fù zhī yī jù to put to the torch (idiom) / to commit to the flames / to burn sth down deliberately syn 吃苦头 吃苦頭 chī kǔ tou to suffer / to suffer for one's actions / to pay dearly / to burn one's fingers syn 开夜车 開夜車 kāi yè chē to burn the midnight oil / to work late into the night syn 冒火 mào huǒ to get angry / to burn with rage syn 油膏 yóu gāo semi-solid fat-based substance / (medicine) ointment 心急如焚 xīn jí rú fén to burn with impatience / torn with anxiety syn 死灰复燃 死灰復燃 sǐ huī fù rán lit. ashes burn once more (idiom) / fig. sb lost returns to have influence / sth malevolent returns to haunt one syn 烧香 燒香 shāo xiāng to burn incense syn 破釜沉舟 pò fǔ chén zhōu lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom) / fig. to cut off one's means of retreat / to burn one's boats syn 焚香 fén xiāng to burn incense syn 动物油 動物油 dòng wù yóu animal fat 烧纸 燒紙 shāo zhǐ to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony) 火烛 火燭 huǒ zhú fire and candles / household things that burn syn 板油 bǎn yóu leaf fat / leaf lard syn 刻录 刻錄 kè lù to record on a CD or DVD / to burn a disc 烧录 燒錄 shāo lù to burn (a CD or DVD) 烧掉 燒掉 shāo diào to burn / to char / to cremate / to incinerate 烧死 燒死 shāo sǐ to burn to death 烧焦 燒焦 shāo jiāo to burn / to scorch / burned / burning / scorched / charred 赘肉 贅肉 zhuì ròu excess flesh / unwanted fat / flab / bulge 烧钱 燒錢 shāo qián to burn joss paper / (fig.) to flush money down the toilet 杀人放火 殺人放火 shā rén fàng huǒ to kill and burn (idiom) / murder and arson 燃尽 燃盡 rán jìn burn-out / cut-off 进香 進香 jìn xiāng to burn incense at a temple 玉石俱焚 yù shí jù fén to burn both jade and common stone / to destroy indiscriminately (idiom) 高脂血症 gāo zhī xuè zhèng high blood fat disease / hyperlipidemia / hypertriglyceridemia 烤焦 kǎo jiāo to burn (food by overroasting etc) 灼痛 zhuó tòng burn (i.e. wound) / burning pain 烧 燒 shāo to burn / to cook / to stew / to bake / to roast / to heat / to boil (tea, water etc) / fever / to run a temperature / (coll.) to let things go to one's head syn 辣 là hot (spicy) / pungent / (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting / to burn 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 胖 pàng fat / plump syn 肥 féi fat / fertile / loose-fitting or large / to fertilize / to become rich by illegal means / fertilizer / manure syn 烫 燙 tàng to scald / to burn (by scalding) / to blanch (cooking) / to heat (sth) up in hot water / to perm / to iron / scalding hot syn 脂 zhī fat / rouge (cosmetics) / resin syn 燃 rán to burn / to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes) / to start (debate) / to raise (hopes) syn 焚 fén to burn syn 灼 zhuó to burn / to sear / to scorch / (bound form) bright / luminous syn 火辣辣 huǒ là là scorching hot / (of a burn or other injury) painful / burning / (of one's mood) agitated / heated / intense / (of a personality) fiery / sharp-tongued / (Tw) (of a woman's figure) smoking hot syn 炽 熾 chì to burn / to blaze / splendid / illustrious syn 燎 liáo to burn / to set afire syn 炷 zhù wick of an oil lamp / to burn (incense etc) / classifier for lit incense sticks syn 藜 lí name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc) / Chenopodium album syn 刀耕火种 刀耕火種 dāo gēng huǒ zhòng slash and burn (agriculture) syn 烧荒 燒荒 shāo huāng to clear waste land or forest by burning / slash-and-burn (agriculture) 奘 zhuǎng fat / stout syn 焚书 焚書 fén shū to burn the books (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC) 乳脂 rǔ zhī cream / milk fat 膘肥 biāo féi (of a stock animal) well-fed / fat 燃眉 rán méi to burn one's eyebrows / fig. desperately serious situation 脂膏 zhī gāo fat / grease / riches / fortune / fruits of one's labor syn 肪 fáng animal fat 燔 fán burn / to roast meat for sacrifice syn 腴 yú fat on belly / fertile / rich syn 周润发 周潤發 zhōu rùn fā Chow Yun-Fat (1955-), Hong Kong TV and film star 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 心急火燎 xīn jí huǒ liǎo to burn with anxiety syn 烧炭 燒炭 shāo tàn to manufacture charcoal / to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning) 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 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 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 膆 sù (literary) fat / the crop of a bird (variant of 嗉[su4]) 付之丙丁 fù zhī bǐng dīng to burn down (idiom) 俾夜作昼 俾夜作晝 bǐ yè zuò zhòu lit. to make night as day (idiom) / fig. to burn the midnight oil / work especially hard 拣佛烧香 揀佛燒香 jiǎn fó shāo xiāng to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom) / fig. to curry favor from the right person 焚书坑儒 焚書坑儒 fén shū kēng rú to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]) 焚膏继晷 焚膏繼晷 fén gāo jì guǐ to burn the midnight oil (idiom) / to work continuously night and day syn 兰艾同焚 蘭艾同焚 lán ài tóng fén lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom) / fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common / the rain falls on the just and unjust alike 焚琴煮鹤 焚琴煮鶴 fén qín zhǔ hè lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes / fig. to waste valuable resources / to destroy wantonly beautiful things 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) 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 