食肉寢皮

食肉寝皮
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

語本《左傳．襄公二十一年》：「然二子者，譬於禽獸，臣食其肉而寢處其皮矣。」形容痛恨到極點。《西遊記．第九回》：「卻說殷小姐痛恨劉賊，恨不食肉寢皮，只因身懷有孕，未知男女，萬不得已。」也作「寢皮食肉」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 食肉 shíròu carnivorous
2 寢 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

深惡痛絕 shēnwùtòngjué
  1. to detest bitterly (idiom)
  2. implacable hatred
  3. to abhor
  4. anathema