食色性也
shí sè xìng yě
Pinyin

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

也
Yě
  1. 1 surname Ye
彩色
cǎi sè
  1. 1 color
  2. 2 multi-colored
  3. 3 classifier: 种 zhǒng
一次性
yī cì xìng
  1. 1 one-off (offer)
  2. 2 one-time
  3. 3 single-use
  4. 4 disposable (goods)
中性
zhōng xìng
  1. 1 neutral
主食
zhǔ shí
  1. 1 main food
  2. 2 staple (rice and noodles)

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
之乎者也
zhī hū zhě yě
  1. 1 lit. 之[zhī], 乎[hū], 者[zhě] and 也[yě] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions
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

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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