染指垂涎

Traditional form:

染指垂涎

Pinyin (reading):

rǎnzhǐchuíxián

Definitions:

• lit. dirty finger, mouth watering (idiom); fig. greedy to seize sth

Characters:

• 染 - dye; to catch; to infect; to be contagious
• 指 - finger, toe; to point, to indicate
• 垂 - to hang, to dangle; to hand down, to bequeath; almost, near
• 涎 - saliva

Traditional characters:

• 染 - dye; to catch; to infect; to be contagious
• 指 - finger, toe; to point, to indicate
• 垂 - to hang, to dangle; to hand down, to bequeath; almost, near
• 涎 - saliva