染指垂涎 — Chinese idiom
染指垂涎
rǎn zhǐ chuí xián
Meaning
- lit. dirty finger, mouth watering ; fig. greedy to seize sth
Character by character
- 染rǎndye; to catch; to infect; to be contagious
- 指zhǐfinger, toe; to point, to indicate
- 垂chuíto hang, to dangle; to hand down, to bequeath; alm
- 涎xiánsaliva
Idioms sharing a character
- 一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn
- 染指于鼎 rǎn zhǐ yú dǐng
- 沾染世俗 zhān rǎn shì sú
- 一弹指顷 yī tán zhǐ qǐng
- 了如指掌 liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng
- 令人发指 lìng rén fà zhǐ
- 如臂使指 rú bì shǐ zhǐ
- 屈指可数 qū zhǐ kě shǔ
- 弹指之间 tán zhǐ zhī jiān
- 指手画脚 zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo
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