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

CHARACTERS

食 shí
HSK 5
eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
厌 yàn
HSK 4
dislike, detest, reject; satiate
精 jīng
HSK 4
essence; semen; spirit
脍 kuài minced meat or fish
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
厌 yàn
HSK 4
dislike, detest, reject; satiate
细 xì
HSK 4
fine, tiny; slender, thin