食不厌精，脍不厌细

Traditional: 食不厭精，膾不厭細

shí bù yàn jīng , kuài bù yàn xì

Dictionary entry

lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects)

What does 食不厌精，脍不厌细 mean?

食不厌精，脍不厌细 (shí bù yàn jīng , kuài bù yàn xì) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects)

2fig. to be fastidious about one's food

Character breakdown

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食shíto eat · food 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-厌yàn(bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with · (literary) to satiate; to satisfy 精jīngessence · extract 脍kuàichopped meat or fish 细xìthin or slender · finely particulate

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How to pronounce 食不厌精，脍不厌细

食不厌精，脍不厌细

shí bù yàn jīng , kuài bù yàn xì

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