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飫甘饜肥

简饫甘餍肥 · 繁飫甘饜肥

Mandarin · pinyin yù gān yàn féi

to live off the fat of the land (idiom)
to have a luxurious lifestyle

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甘: gān · sweetness; sweet, tasty
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肥: féi · fat, plump, obese; fertile
饫: yù · surfeited, satiated; confer
餍: yàn · be satiated, eat one's full

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4–1–4–2 · yu4 gan1 yan4 fei2

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