食色性也
shí​sè​xìng​yě

appetite and sex are human nature

  • created sense approved 食色性也 · shí​sè​xìng​yě · appetite and sex are human nature — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    食色性也

    shí​sè​xìng​yě

    appetite and sex are human nature

    A classic saying by Mencius stating that the desire for food and sexual attraction are natural human instincts.

    食色 (literal) → 食色 · shí​sè · food and sex 性 (literal) → 性 · xìng · nature 也 (literal) → 也 · yě · [classical particle]

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense