饕餮纹 tāotièwén glutton motif Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 饕餮 tāotiè mythical beast a mythical ferocious and gluttonous animal, commonly depicted as a zoomorphic mask motif on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties纹 紋 wén noun pattern lines or patterns on the surface of an object, such as wood grain or ripples