油腻 [油膩] - grease, greasy food, oily, rich (of food), fatty, greasy and dirty, a slippery character - yóu nì | Definition | ChinesePod.com

油腻 (油膩)

yóu nì

Pinyin

Definition

油腻 (油膩)

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yóu nì

grease
greasy food
oily
rich (of food)
fatty
greasy and dirty
a slippery character

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jiā yóu

1 to add oil
2 to top up with gas
3 to refuel
4 to accelerate
5 to step on the gas
6 (fig.) to make an extra effort
7 to cheer sb on

yóu

1 oil
2 fat
3 grease
4 petroleum
5 to apply tung oil, paint or varnish
6 oily
7 greasy
8 glib
9 cunning

jiā yóu zhàn

1 gas station

yuán yóu

1 crude oil

nǎi yóu

1 cream
2 butter

Idioms (5)

油光可鉴

yóu guāng kě jiàn

1 lit. oily and shiny to the point of reflecting (idiom)
2 lustrous

油然而生

yóu rán ér shēng

1 arising involuntarily (idiom); spontaneous
2 to spring up unbidden (of emotion)

滚油煎心

gǔn yóu jiān xīn

1 to suffer mental anguish (idiom)

火上加油

huǒ shàng jiā yóu

1 to add oil to the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
2 to enrage people and make matters worse

火上浇油

huǒ shàng jiāo yóu

1 to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
2 to enrage people and make matters worse

Sample Sentences

川菜的话，口味就是麻辣鲜香，最有名的菜色就得数“水煮鱼”、“宫保鸡丁”、“麻婆豆腐”啦。湘菜也重辣，不过更油腻。

Chuāncài dehuà ，kǒuwèi jiùshì málà xiānxiāng ，zuì yǒumíng de càisè jiù děi shǔ “shuǐzhǔyú ”、“gōngbǎojīdīng ”、“mápó dòufu ”la 。xiāngcài yě zhònglà ，bùguò gèng yóunì 。

In terms of Sichuanese food, the flavor is hot and numbing and fresh and fragrant. And one must count "poached sliced fish in hot chili sauce", "Kung Pao Chicken" and "Mapo Tofu" among them. Hunanese cuisine is also very spicy, but more oily too.

油腻:是对某些中年男子特征的概括描述，这些特征包括不注重身材保养、不修边幅、谈吐粗鲁等。是个贬义词。

yóunì shì duì mǒuxiē zhōngnián nánzǐ tèzhēng de gàikuò miáoshù ，zhèxiē tèzhēng bāokuò bù zhùzhòng shēncái bǎoyǎng 、bùxiūbiānfú 、tántǔ cūlǔ děng 。shì ge biǎnyì cí 。

油腻(greasy): It is a term that implies that a person's integrity is questionable. It is a derogatory term.