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食人

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shí rén

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Definitions

  1. 1. man-eating (beast)
  2. 2. to eat people
  3. 3. fig. to oppress the people

Words Containing 食人

不食人间烟火
bù shí rén jiān yān huǒ

lit. not eating the food of common mortals

率兽食人
shuài shòu shí rén

lit. to lead beasts to eat the people (idiom); fig. tyrannical government oppresses the people

食人俗
shí rén sú

cannibalism

食人魔
shí rén mó

ogre

食人鱼
shí rén yú

piranha

食人鲨
shí rén shā

man-eating shark

Child Words of 食人

人
rén

person; people

食
shí

to eat

食
sì

to feed (a person or animal)

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