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染指垂涎

rǎn zhǐ chuí xián

4-character word

What 染指垂涎 means

1. lit. dirty finger, mouth watering (idiom); fig. greedy to seize sth

The characters in 染指垂涎

• 染rǎnto dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc)
• 指zhǐfinger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to
• 垂chuíto hang (down); droop; dangle
• 涎xiánsaliva

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