吃人 chīrén

chīrén adjective exploitative; oppressive
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '吃人')

Contained in

• 吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手短(吃人家的嘴軟，拿人家的手短) the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach
• 吃人不吐骨头(吃人不吐骨頭) ruthless; vicious and greedy
• 吃人血馒头(吃人血饅頭) to take advantage of others' misfortune
• 礼教吃人(禮教吃人) sufferings brought about by Confucian ethics

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第八回 Chapter 8 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4
• 第七十四回 Chapter 74 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
• 第八十二回 Chapter 82 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
• 第二十二回 Chapter 22 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
• 第七十七回 Chapter 77 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
• 第七十八回 Chapter 78 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
• 第二十九回 Chapter 29 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
• 第三十回 Chapter 30 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
• 第一百回 Chapter 100 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
• 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1

Collocations

• 吃人度日 (吃人度日) 吃人度日 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第八回 Chapter 8 — count: 4
• 要吃人 (要吃人) 我要吃人 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第二十九回 Chapter 29 — count: 3
• 生吃人 (生吃人) 清河生吃人 — Book of Northern Qi 北齊書, 卷十五　補列傳第七　 竇泰 尉景 婁昭 兄子叡 厙狄干 子士文 韓軌 潘樂 Volume 15 Biographies 7: Dou Tai; Wei Jing; Lou Zhao; Lou Rui; Han Gui; Pan Le — count: 3
• 吃人参 (吃人參) 那些先生們說是單吃人參 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第五十四回 Chapter 54 — count: 3
• 吃人肉 (吃人肉) 你幾時又吃人肉哩 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第二十八回 Chapter 28 — count: 3