肺 fèi lung
lung; lungs
怎么记住“肺”: 月 meat + 巿 apron = lung. The butcher lifts the meat off the hook, wipes his hands on his apron and coughs until his old smoker's lungs ache.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
肺 = 月 meat + 巿 apron
- 月 meat meaning
- 巿 apron sound
The butcher lifts the meat off the hook, wipes his hands on his apron and coughs until his old smoker's lungs ache.
How it came to be
The flesh gives the meaning and the apron gives the sound.
用法
- The lungs: 肺 (fèi) lung, 肺炎 (fèiyán) pneumonia, 肺活量 lung capacity.
- 肺腑之言 (fèifǔ zhī yán) = words from the bottom of one's heart (heartfelt).
- 狼心狗肺 (lángxīn-gǒufèi) = cruel and ungrateful ('wolf's heart, dog's lungs').
- 气得肺都要炸了 = so angry one's lungs could burst: a common hyperbole for rage.