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食不厭精，膾不厭細
简 食不厌精，脍不厌细 · 繁 食不厭精，膾不厭細Mandarin · pinyin shí bù yàn jīng , kuài bù yàn xì
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- lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects)
- fig. to be fastidious about one's food
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sik6 bat1 jim3 zing1 ，kui2 bat1 jim3 sai3
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