created sense approved 过屠门而大嚼/過屠門而大嚼 · guòtúmén'érdàjué · to feed on illusions — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
过屠门而大嚼 / 過屠門而大嚼
guòtúmén'érdàjué
to feed on illusions
Literally meaning "to chew vigorously while passing a butcher shop," this expression describes someone who uses fantasy to comfort themselves when they cannot achieve their actual desires.
过 (literal) → 过/過 · guò · to cross 屠 (literal) → 屠 · tú · butcher 门 (literal) → 门/門 · mén · door 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 大 (literal) → 大 · dà · greatly 嚼 (literal) → 嚼 · jiáo · to chew
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition