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食色
shí​sè

food and sex

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
食色 shí​sè
food and sex
(literary) basic human desires; appetite and lust; food and sexual attraction
look of satiety
(literary) a well-fed appearance; the healthy complexion of one who is well-nourished (e.g. used in the Zuo Zhuan to describe a city's appearance of having ample provisions)
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