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
- (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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
貪如饕餮
- (simile, of persons) greedy