lechery springs from warmth and nourishment, kleptomania springs from hunger and cold (idiom)
trad. 飽暖思淫欲，飢寒起盜心
Also written 飽暖思淫欲，飢寒起盜心【bǎo nuǎn sī yín yù , jī hán qǐ dào xīn】
Characters in this word
10饱
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to eat till full, satisfied
- Pinyin
- bǎo
- Traditional
- 飽
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 12012 of 2500
暖
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old variant of 暖[nuan3]
- Pinyin
- nuǎn
- Traditional
- 㬉
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 7303 of 2500
思
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to think, to consider
- Pinyin
- sī
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 11952 of 2500
淫
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excess, excessive, wanton, lewd, lascivious, obscene, depraved
- Pinyin
- yín
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 21959 of 2500
欲
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desire, appetite, passion, lust, greed
- Pinyin
- yù
- Traditional
- 慾
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 10619 of 2500
饥
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(bound form) hungry
- Pinyin
- jī
- Traditional
- 飢
- Strokes
- 5
寒
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cold, poor, to tremble
- Pinyin
- hán
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 37456 of 2500
起
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to rise, to raise, to get up, to set out, to start, to appear, to launch, to initiate (action), to draft, to establish, to get (from a depot or counter), verb suffix, to start, starting from (a time, place, price etc), classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance, classifier for groups: batch, group
- Pinyin
- qǐ
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 687 of 2500
盗
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to steal, to rob, to plunder, thief, bandit, robber
- Pinyin
- dào
- Traditional
- 盜
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 29743 of 2500
心
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heart, mind, intention, center, core, CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- xīn
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 837 of 2500