Taotie means a vicious and gluttonous beast of legend, the shape of its head is often used as decoration on ancient bronze vessels such as tripods and Yi, called Taotie pattern; a metaphor for a vicious and greedy person; a metaphor for someone who eats voraciously; greedy devouring; one of the four ferocious men of Yao and Shun; a compound surname.

I. Pinyin.

[tāo tiè].

II. Provenance.

"Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals - First Knowledge": "The Zhou tripod was made of taotie, with a head and no body, which eats people before swallowing and harms its body, in order to say that the reward is more."

The Book of Wei - Huan Xuan biography: "take the concubine of the illegal, almost the same as the six rituals, is to make the Shangshu servant for the matchmaker, the long history of the welcome, treat concubine Taotie, congratulations on the same as the long autumn."

Tang Sunhua, Qing Dynasty, wrote in his book "Sending Corn": "The government officials live off the official pay, and the imperial edicts hang on the wall in vain."

Binglin Zhang's "Theory of Ran Fu": "Therefore, the greedy man is full in the court, and the gourmets are in the court."

Cao Yu, "The Beijinger," Act I: "And he is most particular about food; he is a famous gourmand, and is skilled in savoring the beauty and wickedness of food."

Taotie means a vicious and gluttonous beast in legend, and its head shape is often used as decoration on ancient bronze vessels such as tripods and Yi, called Taotie pattern; a metaphor for vicious and greedy people; a metaphor for people who are gluttonous; devouring voraciously; one of the four ferocious people at the time of Yao and Shun, according to legend; a compound family name.

Example sentences for Taotie:

1. Sit in the air, have some avant-garde tapas, try the top quality lobster, taotie the fabulous assortment of cheeses, fresh pure caviar, and don't forget to sip on a variety of vintages of red wine.

2. I also had a seat at the lunch table in the poorhouse, and enjoyed a meal like no other.

3. From oysters and scallops to salmon and elephant mussels, a hearty meal of seafood is something that can take the stomachs and hearts of many young people as a gourmet meal.

4, the most raw seafood, in the unmissable seafood night stalls waiting for you to feast.

5, in the beginning just here to eat a small piece of meat, where a small move a mouthful of blood, but soon he began his own feast, even if it is the hardest part of the torso he also savored the taste.

6, chefs this time more specially for the "Restaurant Week" to develop new and unique dishes, which will be Chinese and foreign diners another feast.