赘肉

贅肉

zhuìròu

noun

Meanings

HSK 4

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.

HSK 5

坚持运动可以减掉腰间的赘肉。

Jiānchí yùndòng kěyǐ jiǎndiào yāojiān de zhuìròu.

Sticking to exercise can get rid of love handles.

HSK 6

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