食不厌精，脍不厌细

shí bù yàn jīng , kuài bù yàn xì

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

Child Words of 食不厌精，脍不厌细

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