食不厭精，膾不厭細 shí bù yàn jīng ， kuài bù yàn xì

picky about fine food; love well-made dishes

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
食 shí HSK 5
to eat; food; animal feed
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
厭 yàn
to loathe
精 jīng HSK 4
essence; elite; proficient (refined ability)
膾 kuài
chopped meat or fish
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
厭 yàn
to loathe
細 xì
fine; thin or slender; delicate