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肉麻

ròu má

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Stative verb

肉麻 (ròu má) is a Chinese word meaning “sickening”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. sickening
  2. corny
  3. sappy
  4. maudlin
  5. fulsome (of praise)

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Example

他說的話太肉麻了。

What he said was too sappy.

Related words at this level

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).