茹毛飲血

Chinese

	eat; rubicene (chemistry)	hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar	drink	blood
trad. (茹毛飲血)	茹	毛	飲	血
simp. (茹毛饮血)	茹	毛	饮	血
Literally: “to eat hair and drink blood”.

Etymology

From the Book of Rites, Book 9 (《禮記·禮運》):

昔者先王，未有宮室，冬則居營窟，夏則居橧巢。未有火化，食草木之實、鳥獸之肉，飲其血，茹其毛。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

昔者先王，未有宫室，冬则居营窟，夏则居橧巢。未有火化，食草木之实、鸟兽之肉，饮其血，茹其毛。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Xī zhě xiānwáng, wèi yǒu gōngshì, dōng zé jū yíng kū, xià zé jū zēng cháo. Wèi yǒu huǒ huà, shí cǎomù zhī shí, niǎoshòu zhī ròu, yǐn qí xuè, rú qí máo. [Pinyin]

Formerly the ancient kings had no houses. In winter they lived in caves which they had excavated, and in summer in nests which they had framed. They knew not yet the transforming power of fire, but ate the fruits of plants and trees, and the flesh of birds and beasts, drinking their blood, and swallowing (also) the hair and feathers.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rúmáoyǐnxuè, rúmáoyǐnxuě, rúmáoyǐnxiě

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ, ㄖㄨˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄩㄝˇ, ㄖㄨˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ mou⁴ jam² hyut³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rúmáoyǐnxuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rúmáoyǐnsyuè
  - Wade–Giles: ju²-mao²-yin³-hsüeh⁴
  - Yale: rú-máu-yǐn-sywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rumauyiinshiueh
  - Palladius: жумаоиньсюэ (žumaoinʹsjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ in²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rúmáoyǐnxuě [Phonetic: rúmáoyínxuě]
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rúmáoyǐnsyuě
  - Wade–Giles: ju²-mao²-yin³-hsüeh³
  - Yale: rú-máu-yǐn-sywě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rumauyiinsheue
  - Palladius: жумаоиньсюэ (žumaoinʹsjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ in²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rúmáoyǐnxiě [Phonetic: rúmáoyínxiě]
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rúmáoyǐnsiě
  - Wade–Giles: ju²-mao²-yin³-hsieh³
  - Yale: rú-máu-yǐn-syě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rumauyiinshiee
  - Palladius: жумаоиньсе (žumaoinʹse)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ in²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ mou⁴ jam² hyut³
  - Yale: yùh mòuh yám hyut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ mou⁴ jam² hyt⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ mou⁴ yem² hüd³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ mou̯²¹ jɐm³⁵ hyːt̚³/

Idiom

茹毛飲血

to consume raw animal meat with its hair and blood unremoved; to live a primitive life