食色

shísè
  1. food and sex
  2. appetite and lust

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 食 shí
  1. to eat
  2. food
  3. animal feed
  4. eclipse
2 色 sè
  1. color
  2. look
  3. appearance
  4. sex

classifier: 種

Containing this entry

食色性也 shísèxìngyě
  1. Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4).
  2. By nature we desire food and sex.