食色
shí sè
Pinyin

Definition

食色
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shí sè
  1. food and sex
  2. appetite and lust

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

彩色
cǎi sè
  1. 1 color
  2. 2 multi-colored
  3. 3 classifier: 种 zhǒng
本色
běn sè
  1. 1 inherent qualities
  2. 2 natural qualities
  3. 3 distinctive character
  4. 4 true qualities
白色
bái sè
  1. 1 white
  2. 2 fig. reactionary
  3. 3 anti-communist
红色
hóng sè
  1. 1 red (color)
  2. 2 revolutionary
美食
měi shí
  1. 1 culinary delicacy
  2. 2 fine food
  3. 3 gourmet food

Idioms (20)

三旬九食
sān xún jiǔ shí
  1. 1 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation
  3. 3 in dire straits
不动声色
bù dòng shēng sè
  1. 1 not a word or movement (idiom); remaining calm and collected
  2. 2 not batting an eyelid
五色缤纷
wǔ sè bīn fēn
  1. 1 all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
人为财死，鸟为食亡
rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng
  1. 1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
仙姿玉色
xiān zī yù sè
  1. 1 heavenly beauty, jewel colors (idiom); unusually beautiful lady

Sample Sentences

我倒觉得这是好事，“食色性也”嘛，现在可不是谈"性"色变的年代。
wǒ dào juéde zhè shì hǎoshì ，“shísèxìngyě ”ma ，xiànzài kě bushì tánxìngsèbiàn de niándài 。
Well I think it's a good thing, "food and sex are natural" as Gaozi said to Mencius, we're really don't shy away from talking about sex anymore.
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