垂涎三尺
chuí xián sān chǐ
Pinyin

Definition

垂涎三尺
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chuí xián sān chǐ
  1. to drool (over) (idiom)
  2. to yearn for
  3. to covet
  4. to crave

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Sān
  1. 1 surname San
Sān yà
  1. 1 Sanya prefecture level city, Hainan
sān fēn zhī yī
  1. 1 one third
sān shí
  1. 1 thirty
  2. 2 30
Sān chà kǒu
  1. 1 At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from 水滸傳|水浒传[Shuǐ hǔ Zhuàn]

Idioms (20)

一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn
  1. 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
  1. 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见,如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)

Sample Sentences

购买那些令人垂涎三尺的食物,和最为有效的能消除吃了它们而引起副作用的减肥方法,购买音量最大的音响和最有疗效的头痛片。
gòumǎi nàxiē lìngrén chuíxiánsānchǐ de shíwù ,hé zuìwéi yǒuxiào de néng xiāochú chī le tāmen ér yǐnqǐ fùzuòyòng de jiǎnféi fāngfǎ ,gòumǎi yīnliàng zuì dà de yīnxiǎng hé zuì yǒu liáoxiào de tóutòng piàn 。
buying those mouth-watering foods, which have the side effects of being the most effective way to lose weight, and buying the loudest speaker together the most effective headache tablets.