馋涎欲滴 — Chinese idiom
馋涎欲滴
chán xián yù dī
Traditional: 饞涎欲滴
Meaning
- lit. to drool with desire
- fig. to hunger for
- greedy
Character by character
- 馋chángreedy, gluttonous; lewd, lecherous
- 涎xiánsaliva
- 欲yùdesire, want, longing, intent
- 滴dīto drip; a drop of water
Idioms sharing a character
- 眼馋肚饱 yǎn chán dù bǎo
- 垂涎三尺 chuí xián sān chǐ
- 垂涎欲滴 chuí xián yù dī
- 染指垂涎 rǎn zhǐ chuí xián
- 七情六欲 qī qíng liù yù
- 伤心欲绝 shāng xīn yù jué
- 利欲熏心 lì yù xūn xīn
- 呼之欲出 hū zhī yù chū
- 喷薄欲出 pēn bó yù chū
- 悲痛欲绝 bēi tòng yù jué
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