食肉寢皮

See also: 食肉寝皮

Chinese
 
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 meat; flesh lie down leather; skin; fur
trad. (食肉寢皮) 食 肉 寢 皮
simp. (食肉寝皮) 食 肉 寝 皮

Etymology
然二子者，譬於禽獸，臣食其肉而寢處其皮矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.][▼ expand/hide]
然二子者，譬于禽兽，臣食其肉而寝处其皮矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Commentary of Zuo, circa 4th century BCE
Rán èr zǐ zhě, pì yú qínshòu, chén shí qí ròu ér qǐn chù qí pí yǐ. [Pinyin]
As to those two, they are like beasts, whose flesh I will eat, and then sleep upon their skins.

Pronunciation

Idiom

食肉寢皮

  1. to eat somebody's flesh and sleep on their hide; to swear revenge on somebody, implacable hatred, to have somebody's guts for garters, to bitterly detest

References
  • “BOOK. IX. DUKE XIANG”, in Chunqiu Zuo zhuan‎ (in English), accessed 2011-02-27
  • Lu Xun (1918) A Madman's Diary
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