礼教吃人

sufferings brought about by Confucian ethics

surname Li / abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Classic of Rites

gift / rite / ceremony / CL:份[fen4] / propriety / etiquette / courtesy

Confucian code of ethics

surname Jiao

to teach

religion / teaching / to make / to cause / to tell

to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer / to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2])

variant of 吃[chi1]

exploitative / oppressive

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]