pèi

copious

abundant

water (氵) + full skirt (巿) = copious, overflowing

巿 depicts a kind of skirt or apron — something that hangs full and wide. Pair that image with rushing water and you get the sense of something spilling over in abundance.

+巿
巿A cloth apronSemantic
WaterSemantic

今年雨水充,田里的庄稼长得很好。

jīn nián yǔ shuǐ chōng pèi, tián lǐ de zhuāng jia zhǎng de hěn hǎo。

This year the rainfall is abundant, and the crops in the fields are growing very well.

她精力充,每天工作十几个小时也不觉得累。

tā jīng lì chōng pèi, měi tiān gōng zuò shí jǐ gè xiǎo shí yě bù jué de lèi。

She is full of energy; even working more than ten hours a day she does not feel tired.

Words with 沛

阿旺曲沛

ā wàng qǔ pèi

Ngawang Choepel (Tibetan, Fulbright scholar)

项庄舞剑,志在沛公

xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn , zhì zài pèi gōng

see 項莊舞劍,意在沛公|项庄舞剑,意在沛公[Xiang4 Zhuang1 wu3 jian4 , yi4 zai4 Pei4 gong1]

项庄舞剑,意在沛公

xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn , yì zài pèi gōng

lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] (idiom); refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang, aka Duke of Pei 沛公[Pei4 gong1] and the future Han emperor, during a sword dance at the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[Hong2 men2 yan4]

颠沛流离

diān pèi liú lí

homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight

充沛

chōng pèi

abundant; plentiful

沛公

pèi gōng

Duke of Pei (i.e. 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1])

沛县

pèi xiàn

Pei County or Peixian, a county in Xuzhou City 徐州市[Xu2 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu

流离颠沛

liú lí diān pèi

destitute and homeless (idiom); displaced and without means

精力充沛

jīng lì chōng pèi

vigorous

颠沛

diān pèi

to fall over; to stumble

丰沛

fēng pèi

copious

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