貪如饕餮

Chinese

		greedy	as (if); such as	taotie
trad. (貪如饕餮)		貪	如	饕餮
simp. (贪如饕餮)		贪	如	饕餮
Literally: “greedy as a taotie”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tānrútāotiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢ ㄖㄨˊ ㄊㄠ ㄊㄧㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tānrútāotiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢ ㄖㄨˊ ㄊㄠ ㄊㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tanrútaotiè
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan¹-ju²-tʻao¹-tʻieh⁴
    • Yale: tān-rú-tāu-tyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tanrutautieh
    • Palladius: таньжутаоте (tanʹžutaote)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵⁵ ʐu³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/

Idiom

貪如饕餮

1. (simile, of persons) greedy