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食色性也

shí sè xìng yě

Definitions

1. Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4).
2. By nature we desire food and sex.

Child Words of 食色性也

• 也 也 yě: (adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only)
• 色 色 sè: color
• 色 色 shǎi: (coll.) color
• 食 食 shí: to eat
• 食 食 sì: to feed (a person or animal)
• 食色 食色 shí sè: food and sex