【No. 1463】Houfuku Zettou (抱腹絶倒 - Holding One's Stomach and Laughing)
Dec 20, 2018 15:57
Houfuku Zettou
Have you ever had a big laugh enough to roll around a floor?
To describe such a laugh, you can use the four-character idiom houfuku zettou (抱腹絶倒).
Hou (抱) means "to hold something," fuku (腹) means "stomach," ze/zetsu (絶) means "very" or "surely," and tou (倒) means "to turn over," so the literal meaning of this idiom is "someone turns over while holding his/her stomach."
Originally, another kanji 捧 (meaning "to hold something with both hands") was used instead of 抱.
However, since 抱 was more common and was widely used, 捧腹絶倒 changed to 抱腹絶倒.
Have you ever had a big laugh enough to roll around a floor?
To describe such a laugh, you can use the four-character idiom houfuku zettou (抱腹絶倒).
Hou (抱) means "to hold something," fuku (腹) means "stomach," ze/zetsu (絶) means "very" or "surely," and tou (倒) means "to turn over," so the literal meaning of this idiom is "someone turns over while holding his/her stomach."
Originally, another kanji 捧 (meaning "to hold something with both hands") was used instead of 抱.
However, since 抱 was more common and was widely used, 捧腹絶倒 changed to 抱腹絶倒.
抱腹絶倒
転げ回るほど大笑いしたことはありますか？
そのようなことを表す四字熟語に「抱腹絶倒」があります。
「抱」は "to hold something"、「腹」は "stomach"、「絶」は "very/surely"、「倒」は "to turn over" を意味するので、この熟語の文字通りの意味は "someone turns over while holding his/her stomach" となります。
もともと「抱」は、両手で何かを抱えることを意味する「捧」という字が使われていました。
しかし、「抱」という字のほうが広く使われる一般的なものであるため、「捧腹絶倒」が「抱腹絶倒」に変化したそうです。
転げ回るほど大笑いしたことはありますか？
そのようなことを表す四字熟語に「抱腹絶倒」があります。
「抱」は "to hold something"、「腹」は "stomach"、「絶」は "very/surely"、「倒」は "to turn over" を意味するので、この熟語の文字通りの意味は "someone turns over while holding his/her stomach" となります。
もともと「抱」は、両手で何かを抱えることを意味する「捧」という字が使われていました。
しかし、「抱」という字のほうが広く使われる一般的なものであるため、「捧腹絶倒」が「抱腹絶倒」に変化したそうです。
Corrections (2)
No. 1 EishaGee
- Have you ever had a big laugh enough to roll around a floor?
- Have you ever laughed so hard that it caused you to roll around on the floor?
- 'Hou' (抱) means "to hold something," 'fuku' (腹) means "stomach," 'ze/zetsu' (絶) means "very" or "surely," and 'tou' (倒) means "to turn over," so the literal meaning of this idiom is "someone turns over while holding his/her stomach."
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- However, since 抱 was more common and was widely used, 捧腹絶倒 changed to 抱腹絶倒.
- However, since 抱 was more common and was widely used, 捧腹絶倒 was changed to/became 抱腹絶倒.
Toru
Thank you so much for the correction! :)
Thank you so much for the correction! :)
No. 2 Fifi
Hah, we say ROFL for that in emails. Rolling on floor laughing.
Toru
Thank you very much for letting me know the phrase! (^^)
Thank you very much for letting me know the phrase! (^^)