涎 (xián) — saliva (formal/literary) | Dicionário de Chinês TongTong

Definição

Formal/literary word for 'saliva'. Most often appears in the set phrases 垂涎三尺 (to drool with desire) and 流涎 (to drool); the everyday word is 口水.

noun

saliva (formal/literary)

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Tā kàn jiàn měi shí jiù chuí xián sān chǐ.
He drools over delicious food (lit. 'drools three feet').
涎。
Zhè zhǒng bìng huì dǎo zhì liú xián bù zhǐ.
This disease can cause continuous drooling.
涎。
Yīng ér shuì jiào shí cháng cháng liú xián.
Babies often drool when they sleep.