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食色性也

shí sè xìng yě

4-character word

What 食色性也 means

1. Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4).
2. By nature we desire food and sex.

The characters in 食色性也

• 食shíto eat; food; animal feed
• 色sècolor; look; appearance
• 性xìngnature; character; property
• 也yěalso; too; as well; (not ...) either…

Example sentences

• 食色性也（孔子）。
  Shísèxìngyě （ Kǒngzǐ ）.
  Desire for food and sex is part of human nature.

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