| 食不厌精，脍不厌细 |
shí bù yàn jīng , kuài bù yàn xì |
lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects) / fig. to be fastidious about one's food |
| 食 |
shí |
to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse |
| 食 |
sì |
to feed (a person or animal) |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 不厌 |
bù yàn |
not to tire of / not to object to |
| 厌 |
yàn |
(bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with / (literary) to satiate; to satisfy |
| 精 |
jīng |
essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic) |
| 脍 |
kuài |
chopped meat or fish |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 不厌 |
bù yàn |
not to tire of / not to object to |
| 厌 |
yàn |
(bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with / (literary) to satiate; to satisfy |
| 细 |
xì |
thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal |