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茹毛飲血

简茹毛饮血 · 繁茹毛飲血

Mandarin · pinyin rú máo yǐn xuè

devour raw meat and fowl (of savages)

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茹: rú · roots; vegetables; eat; bear
毛: máo · hair, fur, feathers; coarse
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血: xuè · blood; Kangxi radical 143
饮: yǐn · drink; swallow; kind of drink

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2–2–3–4 · ru2 mao2 yin3 xue4

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jyu4 mou4 jam2 hyut3

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(idiomatic) to consume raw animal meat with its hair and blood unremoved; to live a primitive life

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