丰盛

fēng shèng · HSK 7

sumptuous

🍱✨ feng sheng — a feast so abundant it overflows

丰 (fēng) means abundant or lush, 盛 (shèng) means flourishing or full. Together they describe a spread so lavish every dish is piled high — a banquet that leaves nothing wanting.

盛 — 成 (chéng, phonetic) + 皿 (vessel)
A phono-semantic compound: 皿 (a dish or vessel) gives the meaning, while 成 supplies the sound. The original sense was grain heaped into a ritual vessel as an offering, hence 'to fill' or 'contain' (chéng). From 'full to the brim' it extended to 'abundant, flourishing, prosperous' (shèng).

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