eccentric habit; peculiar addiction
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1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
eccentric habit; peculiar addiction; strange predilection; morbid craving
neutralDerived from the story of Liu Yong (刘邕), grandson of Liu Muzhi (刘穆之), recorded in the 'History of the Southern Dynasties' (《南史》). Liu Yong enjoyed eating scabs from wounds, claiming they tasted like abalone (鳆鱼). The idiom describes unusual, unwholesome, or socially unacceptable habits. A variant form is 嗜痂成癖 (shì jiā chéng pǐ), emphasizing the formation of such a habit.
Tā他
duì对
shōu收
jí集
pò破
jiù旧
píng瓶
zi子
de的
ài爱
hào好
yǐ已
jīng经
dào到
le了
shì嗜
jiā痂
zhī之
pǐ癖
de的
dì地
bù步
。
His hobby of collecting old bottles has reached the level of an eccentric obsession.
Zhè这
zhǒng种
shì嗜
jiā痂
zhī之
pǐ癖
lìng令
rén人
nán难
yǐ以
lǐ理
jiě解
，
shèn甚
zhì至
yǒu有
xiē些
yàn厌
wù恶
。
Such a peculiar addiction is difficult to understand and even somewhat repulsive.
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Wén文
xué学
pī批
píng评
jiā家
zhǐ指
chū出
，
nà那
wèi位
zuò作
jiā家
duì对
miáo描
xiě写
bìng病
tài态
xīn心
lǐ理
de的
shì嗜
jiā痂
zhī之
pǐ癖
yǐng影
xiǎng响
le了
qí其
chuàng创
zuò作
fēng风
gé格
。
The literary critic noted that the writer's morbid fascination with depicting pathological psychology influenced his creative style.