The story of 胖

fat, plump

胖 is composed of the BuShou of 肉 and 半(half). 半 is the picture of a cow being cut in half, the cow must be big enough if we want to cut it in half, so 半 also had the meaning of bigness in the past. On the other hand, if something has a lot of meat, it is fat.

Vocabulary of 胖

  • 胖子 (fatso)

Classification

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