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撐腸拄腹

to be overly full

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

cheng1chang2zhu3fu4 • chēngchángzhǔfù

Meaning

Primary

to be overly full

Alternatives

be overly full, overly full, to be stuffed, be stuffed, stuffed

Mnemonic

撐腸拄腹 To be overly full is to eat so much that your 腸 intestines are 撐 propped up by the stomach in your 腹 abdomen which it 拄 leans on.

Usage

他 吃 得 撐腸拄腹， 動 都 動 不 了。

He ate until he was overly full and he couldn't even move.

我 吃 完 這 頓飯 後 撐腸拄腹。

After this meal, I was overly full.

別 吃 太 多， 免 得 撐腸拄腹。

Don't eat too much, or you'll be overly full.