垂涎欲滴 — Chinese idiom

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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