食色性也

shí sè xìng yě

Meaning

Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4).; By nature we desire food and sex.

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Characters

食shífood; to eat人良色sècolor, tint, hue, shade; beauty, form; sex⺈巴性xìngsex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective忄生也yěalso, too乚