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Chinese
Pronunciation
Verb
饜足
- (literary) to satisfy; to make content
暴君治下的臣民，大抵比暴君更暴；暴君的暴政，時常還不能饜足暴君治下的臣民的欲望。
暴君治下的臣民，大抵比暴君更暴；暴君的暴政，时常还不能餍足暴君治下的臣民的欲望。 - From: 1919, Lu Xun (魯迅), A Tyrant's Subjects (《暴君的臣民》)
- Bàojūn zhìxià de chénmín, dàdǐ bǐ bàojūn gèng bào; bàojūn de bàozhèng, shícháng hái bùnéng yànzú bàojūn zhìxià de chénmín de yùwàng.
- The subjects under the tyrant can often be more tyrannical than their ruler. From time to time, the tyrant's tyranny fails to satisfy the subjects' appetite.
- (literary) to be full after eating
Synonyms
- 中意 (zhòngyì)
- 合心 (héxīn)
- 合意 (héyì)
- 如意 (rúyì)
- 心甘 (xīngān)
- 滿 / 满 (mǎn)
- 滿意 / 满意 (mǎnyì)
- 滿足 / 满足 (mǎnzú)
- 甘心 (gānxīn) (usually in the negative)
- 稱心 / 称心 (chènxīn)
- 稱願 / 称愿 (chènyuàn)
- 順心 / 顺心 (shùnxīn) (literary)
- 飽足 / 饱足 (bǎozú) (literary)