食肉寢皮

食肉寢皮

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.]

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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. [Pinyin]

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

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• 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 t͡ɕʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pʰi³⁵/

Idiom

食肉寢皮

1. 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 (in English), accessed 2011-02-27
• Lu Xun (1918) A Madman's Diary