染指 rǎnzhǐ meddle Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 染指于鼎 rǎnzhǐyúdǐng meddle to get one's finger in the pie or to get a share of the action (derived from the literal act of dipping a finger into a cooking tripod to taste food)染指垂涎 rǎnzhǐchuíxián covetous lit. to dip a finger and salivate; fig. greedy to seize something