Character combinations make words; words evolve into idioms. Learn 「垂涎三尺」 today with this free Chinese resource.
Let’s learn about the idiom 「垂涎三尺」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.
The saliva was three feet long. Describes an extremely greedy look. It also describes being extremely jealous.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chuí xián sān chǐ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
seui4 yin4 saam1 chek3
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