胸膛

xiōng táng · HSK 7

chest

胸 chest + 膛 body-cavity (月 flesh + 堂 hall) = the hollow hall of the chest

膛 pairs the 月 flesh radical with 堂 táng (hall), and it even borrows that sound: táng. So 胸膛 reads as the chest's inner hall, the bony hollow that houses the heart and lungs.

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