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食sik6人jan4

sik6 jan4inferredshí rén

English

  1. man-eating (beast)
  2. to eat people
  3. fig. to oppress the people

Examples

  • 他們都食人,除了我,我只是被吃的。

    They are all cannibals here, except me, I'm just being eaten.

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

  • 當地人叫這條河"食人川"並且懼怕著它。

    The locals call this river the man-eating river and fear it.

    Tatoeba · cienias CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, synthesized

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