食肉寢皮

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See also: 食肉寝皮

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	meat; flesh	lie down	leather; skin; fur
trad. (食肉寢皮)		食	肉	寢	皮
simp. (食肉寝皮)		食	肉	寝	皮

Etymology

然二子者，譬於禽獸，臣食其肉而寢處其皮矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

然二子者，譬于禽兽，臣食其肉而寝处其皮矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

Rán èr zǐ zhě, pì yú qínshòu, chén shí qí ròu ér qǐn chù qí pí yǐ.

As to those two, they are like beasts, whose flesh I will eat, and then sleep upon their skins.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shíròuqǐnpí

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄖㄡˋ ㄑㄧㄣˇ ㄆㄧˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shíròuqǐnpí
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄖㄡˋ ㄑㄧㄣˇ ㄆㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhròucǐnpí
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-jou⁴-chʻin³-pʻi²
  - Yale: shŕ-ròu-chǐn-pí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrrowchiinpyi
  - Palladius: шижоуциньпи (šižoucinʹpi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi³⁵/

Idiom

食肉寢皮

to eat somebody's flesh and sleep on their hide; to swear revenge on somebody, implacable hatred, to have somebody's guts for garters, to bitterly detest

References

“BOOK. IX. DUKE XIANG”, in Chunqiu Zuo zhuan‎, 2011 February 27 (last accessed)
Lu Xun (1918) A Madman's Diary

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