tao-tieh
noun
tao-ti·eh
¦tau̇tē¦ā
plural -s
: an often conventionalized figure of a mythical animal's face appearing as a decorative motive on very ancient objects of Chinese art and possibly intended as a warning against gluttony
Word History
Etymology
Chinese (Pekingese) t'ao1-t'ieh4
- cloud nine
- cloud on the horizon
- Cloud Peak
- cloud pink
- cloud point
- cloud rack
- cloud rat
- cloud ring
- cloud someone's judgment
- cloud street
- cloud track
- cloud-built
- cloud-capped
- cloud-cuck
- cloud-cuckoo-land
- cloud-cuckoo-lands
- cloud-like
- cloudage
- cloudbase
- cloudbases
- cloudberries
- cloudberry
- cloudburst
- cloudbursts
- cloudcap