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細嚼慢嚥

简 细嚼慢咽 · 繁 細嚼慢嚥
Mandarin · pinyin xì jiáo màn yàn

Meanings

  1. to eat slowly (idiom)
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Characters in this entry

細
xì · fine, tiny; slender, thin
嚼
jué · prattle, be glib
慢
màn · slow(ly), leisurely, sluggish
嚥
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细
xì · fine, tiny; slender, thin
咽
yàn · throat; pharynx
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Mandarin tones

4–2–4–4 · xi4 jiao2 man4 yan4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sai3 zoek3 maan6 jin3

Cantonese word readings for 細嚼慢嚥. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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sai3 zoek3 maan6 jin3

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to chew carefully and swallow slowly

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