食人隻車
Chinese
eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
man; person; people | (a measure word, for birds and some animals, for one of a pair); single | vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (食人隻車) | 食 | 人 | 隻 | 車 | |
| simp. (食人只车) | 食 | 人 | 只 | 车 | |
| Literally: “to capture one's rook”. | |||||
Etymology
In Chinese chess, the rook (車／车 or 俥／伡) can move forward, backward or sideways on any rank, and can move as many squares as it likes as long as it is not blocked by another piece or the square is not occupied, similar to Western chess. This makes it the second most important piece in the game.
Pronunciation
Idiom
食人隻車
- (Cantonese) to have unreasonable demands; to exploit or expropriate the belongings of others
Usage notes
人 can be replaced with any person or any personal pronouns.
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