肥 féi
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 巴 to cling
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
肥料
féiliào
fertiliser; manure
Characters in this word
料 liào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 斗 — to struggle, to fight, to contend
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 为了减少地下水污染，农场开始使用缓释肥料。 Wèile jiǎnshǎo dìxiàshuǐ wūrǎn, nóngchǎng kāishǐ shǐyòng huǎnshì féiliào. To reduce groundwater pollution, the farm began using slow-release fertiliser.
- 农民给菜地施了一些肥料，菜长得又大又绿。 Nóngmín gěi càidì shī le yìxiē féiliào, cài zhǎng de yòu dà yòu lǜ. The farmer applied some fertiliser to the vegetable plot, and the vegetables grew big and green.
- 落叶烂在土里，可以变成很好的天然肥料。 Luòyè làn zài tǔ lǐ, kěyǐ biànchéng hěn hǎo de tiānrán féiliào. Fallen leaves rotting in the soil can become very good natural fertiliser.