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食不厌精，脍不厌细

shí bù yàn jīng , kuài bù yàn xì

9-character word Traditional 食不厭精，膾不厭細

What 食不厌精，脍不厌细 means

1. lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects)
2. fig. to be fastidious about one's food

The characters in 食不厌精，脍不厌细

• 食shíto eat; food; animal feed
• 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; vitality
• 脍kuàichopped meat or fish
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 厌yàn(bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with; (literary) to satiate; to satisfy
• 细xìthin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft