赘肉

贅肉

zhuìròu

noun

Meanings

肚子上的赘肉真难减。

Dùzi shàng de zhuìròu zhēn nán jiǎn.

The flab on my belly is really hard to lose.

坚持运动可以减掉腰间的赘肉。

Jiānchí yùndòng kěyǐ jiǎndiào yāo jiān de zhuìròu.

Sticking to exercise can get rid of love handles.

最近胖了，腰上多了一圈赘肉。

Zuìjìn pàng le, yāo shàng duō le yī quān zhuìròu.

I've gained weight recently — there's an extra roll of flab around my waist.

memory

赘 means "superfluous / extra" (as in 累赘 burden, 赘言 redundant words). So 赘肉 is literally "surplus flesh" — flesh the body could do without.

赘 zhuì

肉 ròu