食色性也

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Chinese

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eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
colour; dice; look
colour; dice; look; appearance
 
sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity also; too
trad. (食色性也)
simp. #(食色性也)

Etymology

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From Mencius (《孟子·告子上》):

告子:「食色性也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
告子:「食色性也。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Gàozǐ yuē: “Shí sè, xìng yě. Rén, nèi yě, fēi wài yě; yì, wài yě, fēi nèi yě.” [Pinyin]
The philosopher Gao said, "To enjoy food and delight in colours is nature. Benevolence is internal and not external; righteousness is external and not internal."

Pronunciation

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Phrase

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食色性也

  1. To enjoy food and delight in sex is nature.