禽獸

禽兽
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. 泛指各種飛禽走獸。
  2. 比喻沒有人性的人。如：「衣冠禽獸」。《初刻拍案驚奇，卷二九》：「小畜生！賊禽獸！你是我通家子姪，怎幹出這等沒道理的勾當來？」

重編國語辭典

  1. 卑鄙無恥，沒有人性的人
  2. 野獸，動物；生物
  3. 鳥類和獸類

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 獸 shòu
  1. beast
  2. animal
  3. beastly
  4. bestial

Containing this entry

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

Related entries

飛征 fēizhēng (archaic) birds and animals
飛禽走獸 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
生靈 shēnglíng
  1. (literary) the people
  2. living thing
  3. creature
狗玩兒的 gǒuwánrde beast (derog.)
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