lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects); fig. to be fastidious about one's food
trad. 食不厭精，膾不厭細
Also written 食不厭精，膾不厭細【shí bù yàn jīng , kuài bù yàn xì】
Characters in this word
6食
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to eat, food, animal feed, eclipse
- Pinyin
- shí
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 9712 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
厌
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(bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with, (literary) to satiate; to satisfy
- Pinyin
- yàn
- Traditional
- 厭
- Strokes
- 6
精
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essence, extract, vitality, energy, semen, sperm, mythical goblin spirit, highly perfected, elite, the pick of sth, proficient (refined ability), extremely (fine), selected rice (archaic)
- Pinyin
- jīng
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 9150 of 2500
脍
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chopped meat or fish
- Pinyin
- kuài
- Traditional
- 膾
- Strokes
- 10
细
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thin or slender, finely particulate, thin and soft, fine, delicate, trifling, (of a sound) quiet, frugal
- Pinyin
- xì
- Traditional
- 細
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 14935 of 2500