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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

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.
为了减掉啤酒肚，他开始跑步。
Wèi le jiǎndiào píjiǔdù, tā kāishǐ pǎobù.
He took up running to lose his beer belly.
别看他有啤酒肚，身体倒挺结实。
Bié kàn 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