饕餮

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: tao1 tiêg4
POJ: thau-thiek
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

noun: taotie (legendary gluttonous beast of Chinese mythology), (figurative) glutton; voracious eater
饕餮

Word covers a mythical-creature sense, a bronze-motif sense, and a figurative 'glutton/greedy person' sense; filed under animals.yaml for the mythical-beast sense since no category exactly covers mythology or figurative person-descriptions.

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