食肉寝皮 in English shi2 rou4 qin3 pi2 Meaning

Meanings

  • to eat somebody's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiomatic expression); to swear revenge on somebody
  • implacable hatred
  • to have somebody's guts for garters

Simplified Characters

食 肉 寝 皮

Traditional Characters

食 肉 寢 皮

Pinyin

shi2 rou4 qin3 pi2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

食shi2to eat 肉rou4meat 寝qin3old variant of 寢|寝[qin3] 皮pi2surname Pi