Chinese Word: 餮 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

餮

Pinyin: tiè

English Definition: gluttonous; see 饕餮 , zoomorphic mask motif

Chinese Definition:
①(饕餮)见“饕”。

Total strokes: 18; Radical: 食

Pictophonetic:殄 indicates the sound; 食 (eat) conveys the meaning.

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Similar Characters: 餐

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饕餮	tāo tiè	ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king; zoomorphic mask motif, found on Shang and Zhou ritual bronzes; gluttonous; sumptuous (banquet)
饕餮之徒	tāo tiè zhī tú	glutton; gourmand; by extension, person who is greedy for power, money, sex etc
饕餮大餐	tāo tiè dà cān	great meal fit for dragon's son (idiom); sumptuous banquet
饕餮纹	tāo tiè wén	zoomorphic mask motif

1		tān 贪 tiè 餮 jù lóng 巨龙 kě yǐ 可以 tūn shì 吞噬 rèn hé 任何 zhǒng lèi 种类 de 的 shēng wù 生物， ér 而 fēi 非 zhǐ 只 chī 吃 jīng líng 精灵。 Voracious Dragon can devour any type of creatures, not just Goblins .
2		tān 贪 tiè 餮 jù lóng 巨龙 měi 每 tūn shì 吞噬 yī gè 一个 shēng wù 生物， cǐ 此 yì néng 异能 dū huì 都会 jiǎn chá 检查 tā 它 zuì hòu 最后 zài chǎng 在场 shí 时 de 的 shēng wù 生物 lèi bié 类别 shì fǒu 是否 wèi 为 jīng líng 精灵。 For each creature that Voracious Dragon devoured, this ability checks its creature type as it last existed in play to see if it was a Goblin at that time.