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腦滿腸肥

简脑满肠肥 · 繁腦滿腸肥

Mandarin · pinyin nǎo mǎn cháng féi

(idiom) overweight as a result of living a life of privilege

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腦: Look up this written character
滿: mǎn · fill; full, satisfied
腸: Look up this written character
肥: féi · fat, plump, obese; fertile
脑: nǎo · brain
满: mǎn · fill; full, satisfied
肠: cháng · intestines; emotions; sausage

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3–3–2–2 · nao3 man3 chang2 fei2

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nou5 mun5 coeng2 fei4

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phrase

(idiomatic) obese; corpulent
(figurative) greedy; extravagant

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