饞涎欲滴

馋涎欲滴
chánxiányùdī
  1. lit. to drool with desire (idiom)
  2. fig. to hunger for
  3. greedy

CEDICT

to drool with desire

Wiktionary

形容貪食的樣子。如：「他一聞到酒菜的香味，就饞涎欲滴，想大吃一頓。」也作「饞涎欲垂」、「垂涎欲滴」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 饞 chán
  1. gluttonous
  2. greedy
  3. to have a craving
=2 涎 xián variant of 涎 xián
=2 涎 xián saliva
3 欲滴 yùdī
  1. (suffix) replete (with moisture)
  2. glistening
  3. plump and tender
  4. lovely
  5. alluring

Related entries

貪心 tānxīn greedy
嚵 chán
  1. (variant of 饞 chán) gluttonous
  2. greedy
貪婪 tānlán
  1. avaricious
  2. greedy
  3. rapacious
  4. insatiable
  5. avid
貪饞 tānchán
  1. gluttonous
  2. greedy
  3. insatiable
  4. avid
饞 chán
  1. gluttonous
  2. greedy
  3. to have a craving
你说得我馋死了！

The way you describe it makes me drool.

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