易子而食
Chinese
change; easy; simple child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branchand; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)eat; food; to feed; animal feedsimp. and trad.
(易子而食)易 子 而 食
Etymology
- Warring States Period: Zuo Qiuming, Zuo Zhuan (春秋左氏傳˙宣公十五年)
- 敝邑易子而食，析骸以爨。
- In the city we are exchanging our children and eating them, and splitting up their bones for fuel. (James Legge)
- 敝邑易子而食，析骸以爨。
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄗˇ ㄦˊ ㄕˊ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihtzyyerlshy
- IPA (key): /i⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
易子而食
References
- “BOOK VII. DUKE XUAN”, in Chunqiu Zuo zhuan (in English), accessed 2011-02-27
- Lu Xun (1918) A Madman's Diary
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