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饕餮

tāo tiè

2-character word

What 饕餮 means

1. ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king
2. zoomorphic mask motif, found on Shang and Zhou ritual bronzes
3. gluttonous
4. sumptuous (banquet)

The characters in 饕餮

• 饕tāo(literary) greedy; gluttonous
• 餮tiè(literary) greedy; gluttonous

Words starting with 饕餮

• 饕餮纹tāo tiè wénzoomorphic mask motif
• 饕餮之徒tāo tiè zhī túglutton; gourmand; by extension, person who is greedy for power, money, sex etc
• 饕餮大餐tāo tiè dà cāngreat meal fit for dragon's son (idiom); sumptuous banquet

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