食人 [－－]

Jyutping sik6 jan4
Pinyin shí rén

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. man-eating (beast)
  2. to eat people
  3. fig. to oppress the people
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    当地人叫这条河"食人川"并且惧怕著它。
    當地人叫這條河"食人川"並且懼怕著它。
    dāng dì rén jiào zhè tiáo hé " shí rén chuān " bìng qiě jù pà zhù tā 。
    • The locals call this river the man-eating river and fear it.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    用刀叉食人肉
    用刀叉食人肉
    jung6 dou1 caa1 sik6 jan4 juk6
    • to eat human flesh with knife and fork
  2. Cantonese
    食人只车
    食人隻車
    sik6 jan4 zek3 geoi1
    • to exploit or expropriate the belongings of others; literally: to have eaten someone's cart
  3. Cantonese
    食人妖
    食人妖
    • ogre
  4. Cantonese
    食人口水尾
    食人口水尾
    sik6 jan4 hau2 seoi2 mei1
    • to eat someone else's leftovers
  5. Cantonese
    听讲食人参可以延年益寿。
    聽講食人參可以延年益壽。
    teng1 gong2 sik6 jan4 sam1 ho2 ji5 jin4 nin4 jik1 sau6.
    • It was said that ginseng can prolong one's life.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    食人口水尾
    食人口水尾
    sik6 jan4 hau2 seoi2 mei1
    • to eat someone else's leftovers
  2. Mandarin
    这一群不食人间烟火的人，根本不知道别人的实际痛苦！
    這一羣不食人間煙火的人，根本不知道別人的實際痛苦！
    zhè yī qún bù shí rén jiān yān huǒ de rén ， gēn běn bù zhī dào bié rén de shí jì tòng kǔ ！
    • These people who are out of touch with reality just don't understand the real suffering of others!
  3. Mandarin
    可惜，这是个真实的世界，真实的世界里有普通人，有拥挤和喧嚣，有辛酸及无奈，唯独没有童话般的不食人间烟火的爱情。
    可惜，這是個真實的世界，真實的世界裏有普通人，有擁擠和喧囂，有辛酸及無奈，唯獨沒有童話般的不食人間煙火的愛情。
    kě xī ， zhè shì ge zhēn shí de shì jiè ， zhēn shí de shì jiè lǐ yǒu pǔ tōng rén ， yǒu yōng jǐ hé xuān xiāo ， yǒu xīn suān jí wú nài ， wéi dú méi yǒu tóng huà bān de bù shí rén jiān yān huǒ de ài qíng ．
    • Unfortunately, this is the real world; the real world that contains normal people. The real world is crowded and noisy, and is filled with bitterness and compromise. Only there's no such thing as the other-worldly romantic love that you read about in fairy-tales.