食肉寝皮

食肉寢皮
shíròuqǐnpí
  1. to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom); to swear revenge on sb
  2. implacable hatred
  3. to have sb's guts for garters

CEDICT

to eat somebody's flesh and sleep on their hide; to swear revenge on somebody, implacable hatred, to have somebody's guts for garters, to bitterly detest

Wiktionary

语本《左传．襄公二十一年》：「然二子者，譬于禽兽，臣食其肉而寝处其皮矣。」形容痛恨到极点。《西游记．第九回》：「却说殷小姐痛恨刘贼，恨不食肉寝皮，只因身怀有孕，未知男女，万不得已。」也作「寝皮食肉」。

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Entry Composition

1 食肉 shíròu carnivorous
=2 寝 qǐn old variant of 寝 qǐn
=2 寝 qǐn
  1. (bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest
  2. (bound form) bedroom
  3. (bound form) imperial tomb
  4. (literary) to stop; to cease
3 皮 pí
  1. leather
  2. skin
  3. fur
  4. pico- (one trillionth)
  5. naughty

classifier: 張

Related entries

深恶痛绝 shēnwùtòngjué
  1. to detest bitterly (idiom)
  2. implacable hatred
  3. to abhor
  4. anathema