垂涎欲滴
chuí xián yù dī
Pinyin
Definition
垂涎欲滴
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- to drool with desire (idiom); to envy
- to hunger for
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
利欲熏心
- 1 blinded by greed (idiom)
功败垂成
- 1 to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure
- 2 to fall at the last hurdle
- 3 snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
名垂青史
- 1 lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory
呼之欲出
- 1 lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom)
- 2 fig. on the verge of coming out into the open
- 3 (of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed
- 4 (of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed
喷薄欲出
- 1 to be on the verge of eruption (idiom)
- 2 (of the sun) to emerge in all its brilliance