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): ㄊㄢㄖㄨˊ ㄊㄠㄊㄧㄝˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tānrútāotiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢㄖㄨˊ ㄊㄠㄊㄧㄝˋ
  - 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

(simile, of persons) greedy

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