垂涎三尺 chuíxiánsānchǐ to drool with envy Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 垂涎三尺 chuíxiánsānchǐ to drool with envy to drool over; to yearn for or covet something, literally to have saliva flowing down three feet long Frequency Written text 0.432 per million Cross-References Synonym 垂涎欲滴 chuíxiányùdī馋涎欲滴 chánxiányùdīAntonym 敝屣视之 bìxǐshìzhī Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
垂涎三尺 chuíxiánsānchǐ to drool with envy to drool over; to yearn for or covet something, literally to have saliva flowing down three feet long Frequency Written text 0.432 per million Cross-References Synonym 垂涎欲滴 chuíxiányùdī馋涎欲滴 chánxiányùdīAntonym 敝屣视之 bìxǐshìzhī Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
