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食不厌精，脍不厌细【shí bù yàn jīng , kuài bù yàn xì】

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

食不厌精，脍不厌细【shí bù yàn jīng , kuài bù yàn xì】

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

食

HSK 21

含义eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184

拼音shí

不

HSK 11

含义no, not; un-; negative prefix

拼音bù

厌

HSK 5

含义dislike, detest, reject; satiate

拼音yàn

精

HSK 33

含义essence; semen; spirit

拼音jīng

脍

含义minced meat or fish

拼音kuài

细

HSK 4

含义fine, tiny; slender, thin

拼音xì