Like the wolf runs and the wild boar rushes; describes crowds of evil-doers milling around or people fleeing in a state of panic and confusion.

to flee or tear about like wild beasts; describes fleeing in a panicked or disorderly way, or the violent rampaging of villains.

Copying or typographical errors caused by characters that look similar, such as confusing [[鲁|魯|lu3]] with [[鱼|魚|yu2]] or [[亥|亥|hai4]] with [[豕|豕|shi3]]

(idiom) a great pig and a long serpent; used to describe people who are extremely greedy, cruel, and violent

transcription error caused by misreading characters that look similar; literally three pigs crossing the river, a mistake for a date in historical records

refers to mistakes made in the process of copying, printing, or transmitting text; based on a story where the characters for "ji hai" (a date) were misread as "three pigs" (san shi)

Handwriting or typographical errors caused by the confusion of characters with similar forms. This term originates from a legend where the character for "three" was mistaken for "ji" and "pig" was mistaken for "hai"

a mistake in writing or printing due to similarity in characters; a typo

a brutal form of torture involving the amputation of limbs and removal of sensory organs, famously inflicted upon Lady Qi by Empress Lü Zhi

to treat people without respect or like animals. Derived from Mencius to describe providing food without love or love without respect.

greedy; avaricious; refers to a pig's heart as a metaphor for insatiable greed

(literary) to run about wildly like a charging boar; used to describe a mob or group of bandits raiding and causing destruction

the sound of pigs grunting

Used to describe a person with limited experience who mistakes something common for a rare marvel, or as a self-depreciating term for one's own ignorance

The state of being naive due to limited experience or narrow horizons; often used as a self-deprecating expression of shame for one's own ignorance.

a rare white pig from the Liaodong region used as a metaphor for something common that is mistakenly thought to be a precious rarity due to narrow experience

Describes someone who is crude, wild, or foolish; literally referring to deer and swine as symbols of unrefined nature.