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
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食不厌精,脍不厌细 (shí bù yàn jīng , kuài bù yàn xì) means "lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects); fig. to be fastidious about one's food" in Chinese.
食不厌精,脍不厌细 is pronounced "shí bù yàn jīng , kuài bù yàn xì" in Mandarin Chinese. It is made up of 9 syllables.
食不厌精,脍不厌细 is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists. It may be a specialized or advanced word.
食不厌精,脍不厌细 is made up of the characters 食, 不, 厌, 精, ,, 脍, 不, 厌, 细. Each character has its own meaning and can appear in other words.
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