狗彘不食
gǒu​zhì​bù​shí

even dogs and pigs would not eat it

  • created sense approved 狗彘不食 · gǒu​zhì​bù​shí · even dogs and pigs would not eat it — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    狗彘不食

    gǒu​zhì​bù​shí

    even dogs and pigs would not eat it

    describes someone so despicable and low that even dogs and pigs would refuse to eat their flesh; an idiom used to condemn a person of extremely poor character

    狗彘 (literal) → 狗彘 · gǒu​zhì · dogs and swine 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 食 (literal) → 食 · shí · to eat

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