1. Carbuncle; muscle swelling. Ming Dynasty and Anonymous' "Gift to the Secretary: Traveling Sick Care": "I can't walk, my feet are swollen. My head is dizzy, as if I am in a fog."
2. Describing objects that are thick and bulky . Liang He Xun of the Southern Dynasty wrote the poem "Dream of an Old Friend at Night": "It is like a bloated tree, and now it is like a floating canopy."
3. Describes the body or clothes that are too fat and unable to move well. Qing Dynasty, Wang Maolin's poem "Washing the Elephant": "I am ashamed of myself for being bloated and difficult for the ears and eyes to appreciate."
4. It means that articles and calligraphy appear cumbersome and dull. Southern Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty, "Reply to Tao Hongjing's Theory of Books": "If the tap is short, the method will be bloated, and if the tap is long, the method will be indistinct."
5. Metaphorically speaking, the organization is huge and inflexible. Kang Youwei's "Citizen Self-Government Chapter": "Those who have no local self-government in the motherland will have a bloated, decadent country that cannot survive. Even though it is a huge thing, it is also called a ruined country."