染指垂涎 in English ran3 zhi3 chui2 xian2 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) dirty finger, mouth watering (idiomatic expression); metaphorically greedy to seize sth

Simplified Characters

染 指 垂 涎

Traditional Characters

染 指 垂 涎

Pinyin

ran3 zhi3 chui2 xian2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

染ran3to dye 指zhi3finger 垂chui2to hang (down) 涎xian2variant of 涎[xian2]