Traditional display

垂涎三尺

chuí xián sān chǐ

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Definitions

1. to drool (over) (idiom)
2. to yearn for
3. to covet
4. to crave

Child Words of 垂涎三尺

three

to hang (down)

one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gōng chě pǔ]

a Chinese foot

to water at the mouth

saliva