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啤酒肚

píjiǔdù
noun

Measure Word

一个啤酒肚 ge

Meanings

  1. 1 beer belly
  2. 2 beer gut
  3. 3 potbelly

Examples

HSK 2
他四十岁以后长了个啤酒肚。
Tā sìshí suì yǐhòu zhǎng le ge píjiǔdù.
He developed a beer belly after turning forty.
HSK 4
为了减掉啤酒肚，他开始跑步。
Wèile jiǎndiào píjiǔdù, tā kāishǐ pǎobù.
He took up running to lose his beer belly.
HSK 7-9
别看他有啤酒肚，身体倒挺结实。
Biékàn tā yǒu píjiǔdù, shēntǐ dào tǐng jiēshi.
Don't let the beer belly fool you - he's actually quite sturdy.

Tips

memory
A direct calque of English 'beer belly' - 啤酒 (beer) + 肚 (belly). The same image travels across languages.

Stroke Order

啤 pí
酒 jiǔ
肚 dù