饱暖思淫欲，饥寒起盗心

Traditional: 飽暖思淫欲，飢寒起盜心

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Dictionary entry

lechery springs from warmth and nourishment, kleptomania springs from hunger and cold (idiom)

What does 饱暖思淫欲，饥寒起盗心 mean?

饱暖思淫欲，饥寒起盗心 (bǎo nuǎn sī yín yù , jī hán qǐ dào xīn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lechery springs from warmth and nourishment, kleptomania springs from hunger and cold (idiom)

Character breakdown

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饱bǎoto eat till full · satisfied 暖nuǎnold variant of 暖[nuan3]思sīto think · to consider 淫yínexcess · excessive 欲yùdesire · appetite 饥jī(bound form) hungry 寒háncold · poor 起qǐto rise · to raise

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饱暖思淫欲，饥寒起盗心

bǎo nuǎn sī yín yù , jī hán qǐ dào xīn

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