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：2026/01/08
饕餮
Hiragana
とうてつ
Noun
figuratively
Japanese Meaning
古代中国の伝説上の怪物で、大食漢・貪欲の象徴とされる存在。しばしば器物の文様として用いられる。 / 転じて、欲が深く貪欲な人、食い意地の張った人をたとえていう語。
Easy Japanese Meaning
ひどくよくばるひとをさすことば。むかしのまもののなまえでもある。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
古代传说中的凶恶怪兽 / 比喻贪婪或残暴之人
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
上古傳說中的貪食怪獸；商周青銅器常見的怪獸面紋 / 比喻極度貪婪或殘暴的人
Korean Meaning
중국 신화의 괴물 도철; 고대 청동기의 괴수 문양 / 비유적으로 포악하거나 탐욕스러운 사람
Indonesian
taotie, monster rakus dalam mitologi Tiongkok / (kias.) orang serakah atau buas
Vietnamese Meaning
quái thú taotie trong truyền thuyết Trung Hoa / người tàn bạo hoặc tham lam (nghĩa bóng)
Tagalog Meaning
taotie; halimaw na matakaw sa mitolohiyang Tsino / taong malupit o sakim
Sense（1）
a taotie
Sense（2）
(figuratively) a brutal or covetous person
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a taotie / (figuratively) a brutal or covetous person
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饕餮
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He found a sculpture of a taotie.
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彼は饕餮の彫刻を見つけた。
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