Word details
饕餮
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 饕餮.
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Entry
1
Historical term
taotie (Chinese mythological creature commonly represented as a motif on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties)
2
Archaic
covetousness; greed; avarice
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