tāo

tāo adjective gluttonous; greedy; covetous
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '饕'; Guoyu '饕'; Unihan '饕')

Contained in

  • 饕餮之徒 glutton; gourmand; by extension, person who is greedy for power, money, sex etc
  • 饕餮 taotie; a ferocious mythological animal ; gluttonous; sumptuous
  • 饕客 gourmand
  • 饕餮大餐 great meal fit for dragon's son; sumptuous banquet
  • 饕餮纹(饕餮紋) a zoomorphic mask motif; an kind of animal mask design
  • 老饕 glutton

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