食肉

shíròu
carnivorous

CEDICT

  1. (figurative, literary) to be an official
  2. to be an official
  3. to eat meat or other non-vegetarian food

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 食 shí
  1. to eat
  2. food
  3. animal feed
  4. eclipse
2 肉 ròu
  1. meat
  2. flesh
  3. pulp (of a fruit)
  4. (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy
  5. (of a person) flabby
  6. irresolute
  7. Kangxi radical 130

Containing this entry

何不食肉糜 hébùshíròumí
  1. lit. "Why don't they eat meat?" (said by Emperor Hui of Jin 晋惠帝 Jìn Huìdì when told that his people didn't have enough rice to eat)
  2. fig. (of people from higher class etc) to be oblivious to other people's plight
食肉动物 shíròudòngwù carnivore
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
食肉目 shíròumù Carnivora, order of carnivores within Mammalia
食肉类 shíròulèi carnivorous species
食肉目 Shíròumù

Related entries

肉食 ròushí carnivorous
那种动物靠肉食为生。

That animal feeds on flesh.

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