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食肉寢皮

简食肉寝皮 · 繁食肉寢皮

Mandarin · pinyin shí ròu qǐn pí

to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom); to swear revenge on sb
implacable hatred
to have sb's guts for garters

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食: shí · eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184
肉: ròu · flesh; meat; Kangxi radical 130
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皮: pí · skin, hide, fur, feather; outer
寝: qǐn · sleep, rest; bed chamber

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2–4–3–2 · shi2 rou4 qin3 pi2

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sik6 juk6 cam2 pei4

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(idiomatic) 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

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