吃人

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Chinese

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eat; eradicate; destroy
eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer
 
man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(吃人)
Literally: “to eat people”.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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吃⫽人 (verb-object)

  1. (figuratively) to exploit people; to oppress people
    吃人舊社會吃人旧社会  ―  chīrén de jiùshèhuì  ―  the oppressive "Old Society"