食不厌精，脍不厌细

Traditional form:

食不厭精，膾不厭細

Pinyin (reading):

shíbùyànjīng,kuàibùyànxì

Definitions:

• lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects)
• fig. to be fastidious about one's food

Characters:

• 食 - food; to eat
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 厌 - to dislike, to detest; to reject; to satiate
• 精 - essence, germ, spirit
• 脍 - minced meat, minced fish
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 厌 - to dislike, to detest; to reject; to satiate
• 细 - fine, detailed; slender, thin

Traditional characters:

• 食 - food; to eat
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 厭 - to dislike, to detest; to reject; to satiate
• 精 - essence, germ, spirit
• 膾 - minced meat, minced fish
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 厭 - to dislike, to detest; to reject; to satiate
• 細 - fine, detailed; slender, thin