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Character Decomposition
肿=⺼+中
Etymology
flesh
Meanings
to swell
swelling
swollen
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Words with 肿 63 total
(nonspecialist term for) to suffer from edema; swollen; bloated; puffy浮肿fú zhǒngabscess脓肿nóng zhǒngbruise青肿qīng zhǒng(medicine) to suffer from edema (dropsy)水肿shuǐ zhǒngswelling · oedema · internal bruising肿胀zhǒng zhàngcyst (med.)囊肿náng zhǒngto reduce swelling · detumescence · (fig.) to streamline (a bloated bureaucracy etc)消肿xiāo zhǒng
Idioms with 肿 6 total
a bloody nose and a swollen face · badly battered鼻青脸肿bí qīng liǎn zhǒnga black eye (idiom); serious injury to the face · fig. a setback · a defeat鼻青眼肿bí qīng yǎn zhǒnglit. to swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom); to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities打肿脸充胖子dǎ zhǒng liǎn chōng pàng zi