健美
jiàn měi · HSK 7
to do fitness exercises
💪 健 healthy + 美 beautiful = bodybuilding, looking strong and good
Compound of 健 (jiàn, healthy/strong, as in 健康) plus 美 (měi, beautiful, as in 美丽). Together they name the fit-and-good-looking ideal, hence bodybuilding or fitness exercise (健美运动).
美 — sheep 羊 on top + big 大 below
美 is traditionally explained as a pictograph of a person (大) wearing a large sheep or ram's-head ornament, suggesting beauty through adornment. An alternative reading takes 羊 (sheep) over 大 (big) to mean 'a big, fat sheep'—seen as delicious and pleasing, hence 'beautiful, good'.