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to drool (over) (idiom) · to yearn for · to covet · to crave

垂涎三尺
chuí xián sān chǐ
ch+uí·2nd tonex+ián·2nd tones+ān·1st tonech+ǐ·3rd tone
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
to drool with desire (idiom); to envy · to hunger for垂涎欲滴chuí xián yù dīlit. to drool with desire (idiom) · fig. to hunger for · greedy馋涎欲滴chán xián yù dīgreedy贪心tān xīndriven by wild ambition · be obsessed with ambition野心勃勃yě xīn bó bó
Antonyms
to disdain as beneath contempt (idiom)不屑一顾bù xiè yī gù(lit.) to view as worn-out shoes (idiom) · (fig.) to consider to be worthless视如敝屣shì rú bì xǐ
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