齿颊生香 — Chinese idiom
齿颊生香
chǐ jiá shēng xiāng
Traditional: 齒頰生香
Meaning
- lit. to feel the taste in one's mouth
- fig. to water at the mouth
- to drool in anticipation
Character by character
- 齿chǐteeth; gears, cogs; age
- 颊jiácheeks, jaw
- 生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth
- 香xiāngincense; fragrant, aromatic
Idioms sharing a character
- 不足挂齿 bù zú guà chǐ
- 伶牙俐齿 líng yá lì chǐ
- 切齿腐心 qiè chǐ fǔ xīn
- 口齿伶俐 kǒu chǐ líng lì
- 口齿生香 kǒu chǐ shēng xiāng
- 咬牙切齿 yǎo yá qiè chǐ
- 唇亡齿寒 chún wáng chǐ hán
- 唇齿相依 chún chǐ xiāng yī
- 没齿难忘 mò chǐ nán wàng
- 皓齿朱唇 hào chǐ zhū chún
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