| 垂涎三尺 |
chuí xián sān chǐ |
to drool (over) (idiom) / to yearn for / to covet / to crave |
| 垂 |
chuí |
to hang (down) / droop / dangle / bend down / hand down / bequeath / nearly / almost / to approach |
| 垂涎 |
chuí xián |
to drool; to salivate / (fig.) to covet; to desire greedily |
| 涎 |
xián |
variant of 涎 |
| 涎 |
xián |
saliva |
| 三 |
Sān |
surname San |
| 三 |
sān |
three / 3 |
| 尺 |
chě |
one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺谱 |
| 尺 |
chǐ |
a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL:支,把 |