食不厌精，脍不厌细

shí bù yàn jīng , kuài bù yàn xì

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Definitions

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

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Child Words of 食不厌精，脍不厌细

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 精 精 jīng: essence
• 细 细 xì: thin or slender
• 不厌 不厌 bù yàn: not to tire of
• 厌 厌 yàn: (bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with
• 脍 脍 kuài: chopped meat or fish
• 食 食 shí: to eat
• 食 食 sì: to feed (a person or animal)