variant of 涎[xian2]

(literary) to salivate; to drool; (fig.) to crave sth hungrily

saliva

spittle

saliva; slobber; (coll.) long-winded; meandering

saliva; dribble

ambergris

to drool (over) (idiom); to yearn for; to covet; to crave

to drool with desire (idiom); to envy; to hunger for

lit. dirty finger, mouth watering (idiom); fig. greedy to seize sth

see 饞涎欲滴|馋涎欲滴[chan2 xian2 yu4 di1]

lit. to drool with desire (idiom); fig. to hunger for; greedy