饕餮 tāotiè mythical beast Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 饕餮 tāotiè mythical beast a mythical ferocious and gluttonous animal, commonly depicted as a zoomorphic mask motif on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties glutton a person who is excessively fond of eating sumptuous extremely costly or rich, usually used to describe a grand banquet or feast greedy person a fierce and cruel person with insatiable cupidity or avarice Frequency Written text 1.48 per million Cross-References Referenced by 饕餮大餐 tāotièdàcān餮 tièSynonym 贪馋 tānchán Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
饕餮 tāotiè mythical beast a mythical ferocious and gluttonous animal, commonly depicted as a zoomorphic mask motif on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties glutton a person who is excessively fond of eating sumptuous extremely costly or rich, usually used to describe a grand banquet or feast greedy person a fierce and cruel person with insatiable cupidity or avarice Frequency Written text 1.48 per million Cross-References Referenced by 饕餮大餐 tāotièdàcān餮 tièSynonym 贪馋 tānchán Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
