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Chinese
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eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance |
sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
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also; too
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食
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Etymology
From Mencius (《孟子·告子上》):
告子曰：「食色，性也。仁，內也，非外也；義，外也，非內也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
告子曰：「食色，性也。仁，内也，非外也；义，外也，非内也。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Gàozǐ yuē: “Shí sè, xìng yě. Rén, nèi yě, fēi wài yě; yì, wài yě, fēi nèi yě.”
- The philosopher Gao said, "To enjoy food and delight in colours is nature. Benevolence is internal and not external; righteousness is external and not internal."
Pronunciation
Phrase
食色性也
- To enjoy food and delight in sex is nature.