Buddha belly

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Buddha belly

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From depictions of the potbellied Chinese folkloric deity Budai that are often mistakenly thought to represent the Gautama Buddha in the West.

noun Buddha bellies

informal A round, protruding belly. He wears a wrinkled polo shirt that does little to disguise his bulging Buddha belly.

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"Buddha belly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/buddha%20belly.

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@misc{buddha_belly_2026,
  title = {Buddha belly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/buddha%20belly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}