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吃人血馒头

chī rén xuè mán toudictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to take advantage of others' misfortune (idiom)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-cb44a7e0f6e9f27d. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

吃人血饅頭 吃人血馒头 [chi1 ren2 xue4 man2 tou5] /to take advantage of others' misfortune (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 吃人血饅頭

  • 吃
    chī

    to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)

  • 人
  • 血
    xuè

    blood (CL:滴[dī]) / colloquial pr. [xiě] or [xuě]

  • 馒
    mán

    used in 饅頭|馒头[mán tou]

  • 头
    tóu

    head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[gè]

    tou

    suffix for nouns

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.