potbellied(dà fù pián pián)

potbellied

Big belly, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d à f à PI á NPI á n, which means to describe the appearance of obesity. It comes from the biography of Bian Shao in the later Han Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Poop: fat look. It's used to describe a big, fat belly.

The origin of Idioms

"Bian Shao Zhuan" in later Han Dynasty: "Bian Xiaoxian, abdominal stool." When Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty was in power, there was a scholar in Chenliu County, named Bian Shao, whose name was Xiaoxian. He had some literary talent and taught hundreds of students when he was not an official. Bian Shao has a lot of eloquence. He is very eloquent in speaking and teaching. He never fails to answer questions. But he has a problem, that is, dozing. Because he is fat, big belly, dozing off, students see his appearance is very funny. One day, he dozed off with his clothes again. His students privately made up a doggerel to laugh at him: "Bian Xiaoxian, abdominal stool; lazy reading, but want to sleep." The meaning is: Bian Xiao is a big belly, lazy to read. I just want to sleep. But when Bian Shao woke up, he soon knew the doggerel, so he immediately made up a few Doggerels to answer: "Bian is the surname, filial piety is the word. Abdominal defecation, the five classics. They want to sleep and think about the classics. It means: Bian is my surname, Xiao is my character, big belly is a bamboo box with five classics. I just want to sleep and think about the five classics. You can meet Zhou GongDan in your sleep, and you can have the same mind as Confucius when you are quiet. Teachers can be ridiculed. Which classic does this rule come from?

Idiom usage

It is an empty stomach when the room is like a stone hanging in the air. Yao Nai, Qing Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : dà fù pián pián