垂涎欲滴 — Chinese idiom
垂涎欲滴
chuí xián yù dī
Meaning
- to drool with desire ; to envy
- to hunger for
Character by character
- 垂chuíto hang, to dangle; to hand down, to bequeath; alm
- 涎xiánsaliva
- 欲yùdesire, want, longing, intent
- 滴dīto drip; a drop of water
Idioms sharing a character
- 功败垂成 gōng bài chuí chéng
- 名垂青史 míng chuí qīng shǐ
- 坐不垂堂 zuò bù chuí táng
- 垂死挣扎 chuí sǐ zhēng zhá
- 垂涎三尺 chuí xián sān chǐ
- 垂帘听政 chuí lián tīng zhèng
- 垂头丧气 chuí tóu sàng qì
- 染指垂涎 rǎn zhǐ chuí xián
- 馋涎欲滴 chán xián yù dī
- 七情六欲 qī qíng liù yù
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