富足

• Pinyin: fù zú
• Hanzi breakdown: 富 = 宀 + 畐 (wealthy, abundant); 足 = 口 + 止 (foot, sufficient)

Meaning

Abundant; plentiful; well-supplied. Describes a state of comfortable sufficiency in material resources, food, or everyday necessities.

Less about extreme wealth and more about having enough to live without want. Often used in historical, literary, or social contexts describing ideal agrarian or domestic prosperity. Common collocations: 生活富足 (a comfortable, plentiful life), 衣食富足 (well-fed and well-clothed), 物质富足 (material abundance). Synonymous with 丰衣足食 but more concise.

Examples

1. 经过数代人的辛勤耕耘，这个曾经贫困的小山村终于过上了衣食富足的安稳日子。 After generations of hard work, this once-impoverished mountain village has finally begun living a stable life with plenty of food and clothing.
2. 物质生活日趋富足并不意味着人们的精神需求也得到了同等程度的满足。 A steadily more abundant material life does not mean people’s spiritual needs have been satisfied to the same extent.
3. 她从小在一个富足的家庭长大，对贫苦生活缺乏切身的体验与理解。 She grew up in a well-provided-for family and lacks firsthand experience and understanding of poverty.

Usage Guide

Context: social, economics, everyday

Tone: neutral

Do Say

• 改革开放以来，中国广大农村地区的百姓生活逐渐走向富足，与几十年前相比发生了翻天覆地的变化。(Since the Reform and Opening Up, the lives of rural residents across China have gradually become more plentiful, changing beyond recognition compared with a few decades ago.)
• 一个社会若要真正称得上富足，不仅要有充裕的物质基础，还要有公平合理的分配制度。(For a society to truly be called prosperous, it must have not only abundant material foundations but also a fair and reasonable distribution system.)

Don't Say

• 这个故事情节非常富足 — 富足 describes material abundance of people, households, or regions; use 丰富 for non-material richness such as plot, vocabulary, or imagination

Origin & History

富 (wealthy/abundant) + 足 (sufficient/enough)

Cultural Context

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal