食人
shí rén
Pinyin

Definition

食人
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shí rén
  1. man-eating (beast)
  2. to eat people
  3. fig. to oppress the people

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人
rén
  1. 1 man
  2. 2 person
  3. 3 people
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 位 wèi
人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
别人
bié ren
  1. 1 other people
  2. 2 others
  3. 3 other person
女人
nǚ rén
  1. 1 woman
恋人
liàn rén
  1. 1 lover
  2. 2 sweetheart

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nǚ rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)

Sample Sentences

还不止这些呢！西进运动的时候，就连不食人间烟火的传教士都没能抵挡住金子的诱惑，还有很多黑奴也从主人家里逃出来去淘金了！
hái bùzhǐ zhèxiē ne ！xījìn yùndòng de shíhou ，jiù lián bù shí rénjiān yānhuǒ de chuánjiàoshì dōu méi néng dǐdǎng zhù jīnzi de yòuhuò ，háiyǒu hěn hēinú yě cóng zhǔrén jiālǐ táo chūlai qù táojīn le ！
And not just them! During the time of America's Western expansion, even other-worldly missionaries couldn't resist the allure of gold. Plus, a lot of black slaves escaped from their masters' homes and ran off to look for gold!
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才能撇清G这个不食人间烟火的艺术家和为五斗米折腰的匠人，以及无利不起早的商贾之间令人尴尬的关系。
cáinéng piěqīng G zhège bùshírénjiānyānhuǒ de yìshùjiā hé wéi wǔdǒumǐ zhéyāo de jiàngrén ，yǐjí wúlì bùqǐzǎo de shānggǔ zhījiān lìngrén gāngà de guānxi 。
This clarifies the awkward relationship between G, the artist, who is otherworldly, and the craftsmen who must bow for their food, and merchants who only do things for their own benefit.
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哦，我美丽的皇后，您不食人间烟火是不会理解“愚蠢”人类的猎奇心理的。好处是有了网络直播平台工具以后，人人都可以拥有一个自媒体。最最最普通的人也可以借此输出自己的生活、技术、幽默感。
ò ，wǒ měilì de huánghòu ，nín bùshírénjiānyānhuǒ shì bùhuì lǐjiě “yúchǔn ”rénlèi de lièqí xīnlǐ de 。hǎochu shì yǒu le wǎngluò zhíbō píngtái gōngjù yǐhòu ，rénrén dōu kěyǐ yōngyǒu yī gèzì zìméitǐ 。zuì zuì zuì pǔtōng de rén yě kěyǐ jiècǐ shūchū zìjǐ de shēnghuó 、jìshù 、yōumògǎn 。
Oh, my fair queen, you're not accustomed to the tastes of mortal people, so you don't understand the curiosity-seeking minds of foolish mortals. The advantage is that after the advent of live broadcasting platform tools, everyone can have their own media platform. The most common of people can use these to broadcast their lives, technological skills and their humor.
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