细嚼慢咽 — Chinese idiom
细嚼慢咽
xì jiáo màn yàn
Traditional: 細嚼慢嚥
Meaning
- to eat slowly
Character by character
- 细xìfine, detailed; slender, thin
- 嚼jiáoto prattle, to be glib
- 慢mànslowly, leisurely; sluggish
- 咽yànthroat; pharynx
Idioms sharing a character
- 事无巨细 shì wú jù xì
- 低声细语 dī shēng xì yǔ
- 呢喃细语 ní nán xì yǔ
- 心细如发 xīn xì rú fà
- 精打细算 jīng dǎ xì suàn
- 精雕细刻 jīng diāo xì kè
- 细大不捐 xì dà bù juān
- 细皮嫩肉 xì pí nèn ròu
- 细声细气 xì shēng xì qì
- 轻声细语 qīng shēng xì yǔ
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