發福

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See also: 发福

Chinese

to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop
 
good fortune; happiness; luck
good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname
 
trad. (發福)
simp. (发福)

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發福

  1. (euphemistic, usually said of older people) to put on weight; to grow stout
    中年發福中年发福  ―  zhōngnián fāfú  ―  middle-age spread

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