发福
fā fú
Pinyin

Definition

发福
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fā fú
  1. to put on weight
  2. to get fat (a sign of prosperity, so a compliment)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

xìng fú
  1. 1 happiness
  2. 2 happy
  3. 3 blessed
zhù fú
  1. 1 blessings
  2. 2 to wish sb well
qí fú
  1. 1 to pray for blessings
  1. 1 surname Fu
  2. 2 abbr. for Fujian province 福建省[Fú jiàn shěng]
fú lì
  1. 1 material benefit
  2. 2 benefit in kind
  3. 3 (social) welfare
Fú zhōu
  1. 1 Fuzhou prefecture-level city and capital of Fujian province in east China
  2. 2 formerly known as Foochow or Fuchow
Fú jiàn
  1. 1 Fujian province (Fukien) in east China, abbr. 福 or 閩|闽, capital Fuzhou 福州
  2. 2 Fujian province (Fukien) in Taiwan
fú qi
  1. 1 good fortune
  2. 2 a blessing
Fú ěr mó sī
  1. 1 Sherlock Holmes, 歇洛克·福爾摩斯|歇洛克·福尔摩斯[Xiē luò kè · Fú ěr mó sī]
fú dài
  1. 1 fukubukuro or "lucky bag", Japanese New Year custom where merchants offer grab bags containing random products at a steep discount
yī bǎo yǎn fú
  1. 1 to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
xiǎng qīng fú
  1. 1 living in ease and comfort
xiǎng fú
  1. 1 to live comfortably
  2. 2 happy and prosperous life
Kè láo fú dé
  1. 1 Crawford (town in Texas)
quán jiā fú
  1. 1 photograph of the entire family
  2. 2 hodgepodge (cookery)
Jiā lì fú ní yà
  1. 1 California
Jiā lì fú ní yà zhōu
  1. 1 California
kǒu fú
  1. 1 happy knack for chancing upon fine food
yīn huò dé fú
  1. 1 to profit from a disaster (idiom); some good comes out of a setback
  2. 2 It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
dà bǎo kǒu fú
  1. 1 to eat one's fill
  2. 2 to have a good meal

Idioms (20)

一饱眼福
yī bǎo yǎn fú
  1. 1 to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
  1. 1 tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
傻人有傻福
shǎ rén yǒu shǎ fú
  1. 1 fortune favors fools (idiom)
  2. 2 fool's luck
儿孙自有儿孙福
ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú
  1. 1 younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
因祸得福
yīn huò dé fú
  1. 1 to profit from a disaster (idiom); some good comes out of a setback
  2. 2 It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
塞翁失马安知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ ān zhī fēi fú
  1. 1 the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
  2. 2 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
  3. 3 also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福
塞翁失马焉知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú
  1. 1 the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
  2. 2 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
多子多福
duō zǐ duō fú
  1. 1 the more sons, the more happiness (idiom)
天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福
tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú
  1. 1 fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
威福自己
wēi fú zì jǐ
  1. 1 to exercise power arbitrarily (idiom)
庸人庸福
yōng rén yōng fú
  1. 1 fools have good fortune (idiom)
有福同享,有祸同当
yǒu fú tóng xiǎng , yǒu huò tóng dāng
  1. 1 To enjoy blessings and endure misfortune together (idiom); for better or for worse
有福同享,有难同当
yǒu fú tóng xiǎng , yǒu nàn tóng dāng
  1. 1 To enjoy blessings and endure misfortune together (idiom); for better or for worse
洪福齐天
hóng fú qí tiān
  1. 1 flood of good fortune fills the heavens (idiom); a lucky sign
无福消受
wú fú xiāo shòu
  1. 1 unfortunately cannot enjoy (idiom)
痴人痴福
chī rén chī fú
  1. 1 a fool suffers foolish fortune (idiom)
祸福无常
huò fú wú cháng
  1. 1 disaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom); future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable
祸福与共
huò fú yǔ gòng
  1. 1 to stick together through thick and thin (idiom)
福如东海
fú rú Dōng Hǎi
  1. 1 may your happiness be as immense as the East Sea (idiom)
福星高照
fú xīng gāo zhào
  1. 1 lucky star in the ascendant (idiom); a lucky sign

Sample Sentences

没错没错!就是他!看来现在跑到城里来做服装生意了。两年不见,都发福了。咱们过去跟他打个招呼吧!顺便看看有没有喜欢的衣服。
méicuò méicuò !jiùshì tā !kànlai xiànzài pǎodào chénglǐ lái zuò fúzhuāng shēngyì le 。liǎng nián bùjiàn ,dōu fāfú le 。zánmen guòqù gēn tā dǎ gè zhāohu ba !shùnbiàn kànkan yǒu meiyǒu xǐhuan de yīfu 。
That's right! That's him! It looks like now he's come to the city to sell clothes. I haven't seen him in just two years and he's already eating well. Let's go over there and say hello! While we're at it, we can look and see whether or not we like any of the clothes.
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是啊,好多人都发福了。
shì ā ,hǎo duō rén dōu fāfú le 。
Yeah, many of them have put on some weight.
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