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易子而食
易子而食
Chinese
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child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
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and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)
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eat; food; to feed; animal feed
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!simp. and trad.
(易子而食)
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| 子
| 而
| 食
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Idiom
易子而食
References
- “BOOK VII. DUKE XUAN”, in Chunqiu Zuo zhuan (in English), accessed 2011-02-27
- Lu Xun (1918) A Madman's Diary