禽兽

禽獸
qínshòu
  1. birds and animals
  2. creature
  3. beast (brutal person)

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) beast (cruel person)
  2. beast (cruel person)
  3. beast; animal; creature
  4. birds and animals

Wiktionary

  1. 泛指各种飞禽走兽。
  2. 比喻没有人性的人。如：「衣冠禽兽」。《初刻拍桉惊奇，卷二九》：「小畜生！贼禽兽！你是我通家子姪，怎干出这等没道理的勾当来？」

重編國語辭典

  1. 卑鄙无耻，没有人性的人
  2. 野兽，动物；生物
  3. 鸟类和兽类

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 禽 qín
  1. (bound form) birds; fowl
  2. (literary) birds and animals
  3. old variant of 擒 qín
2 兽 shòu
  1. beast
  2. animal
  3. beastly
  4. bestial

Containing this entry

禽兽不如 qínshòubùrú
  1. worse than a beast
  2. to behave immorally
衣冠禽兽 yīguānqínshòu
  1. lit. dressed up animal (idiom)
  2. fig. immoral and despicable person

Related entries

飞征 fēizhēng (archaic) birds and animals
飞禽走兽 fēiqínzǒushòu (idiom) birds and animals
君子對於飛禽走獸，見到它們活著，便不忍心見到它們死；聽到它們哀叫，便不忍心吃它們的肉。

The superior man is affected towards animals: having seen them alive, he cannot bear to see them die; having heard their cries, he cannot bear to eat their flesh.

Source: Tatoeba

禽 qín
  1. (bound form) birds; fowl
  2. (literary) birds and animals
  3. old variant of 擒 qín
生灵 shēnglíng
  1. (literary) the people
  2. living thing
  3. creature
狗玩儿的 gǒuwánrde beast (derog.)
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