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口腹之欲

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4-character word Traditional 口腹之慾

What 口腹之欲 means

1. desire for good food

The characters in 口腹之欲

• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…
• 腹fùabdomen; stomach; belly
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 欲yùdesire; appetite; passion

Example sentences

• 一个人就算不吃肉，也可以健健康康的生活。所以人杀生、吃肉，只不过是为了满足自己的口腹之欲而已。这种行为是不道德的。
  Yīgèrén jiùsuàn bù chī ròu, yě kěyǐ jiàn jiànkāng kāng de shēnghuó. suǒyǐ rén shāshēng, chī ròu, zhǐbuguò shì wèile mǎnzú zìjǐ de kǒufùzhīyù éryǐ. zhèzhǒng xíngwéi shì bù dàodé de.
  A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral.