Results, 垂涎三尺

垂涎三尺【すいぜんさんじゃくsuizensanjaku】

noun:

  • avid desire; drooling over (something); watering at the mouth - four character idiom

Kanji definition:

垂
常用６年JLPTN1

スイSUI・たれるta.reru・たらすta.rasu・たれta.re・~たれ ta.re・なんなんとすnannanto.su

droop; suspend; hang; slouch

➜
埀
Strokes:
8
Radical:
土 earth
SKIP:
2-1-7
UTF:
5782
JIS208:
31-66
Nanori:
たるtaru・だれdare
Hangul:
수 [su]
Pinyin:
chuí
Stroke order:
Alternative stroke order:
Example words:
垂らす【たらすtarasu】
to dribble; to spill; / to suspend; to hang down; to slouch; to dangle
垂れる【たれるtareru】
to hang; to droop; to dangle; to sag; to lower; to pull down; / to leave behind (at death); to give; to confer; / to drip; to ooze; to trickle; to drop
垂直【すいちょくsuichoku】
vertical; / perpendicular
垂れ【たれtare】
hanging; something hanging (i.e. a flap, lappet, etc.); / sauce for dipping, etc. made from soy sauce, mirin, vinegar and dashi; / (in kendo) loin guard; / kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character; / -ass; -head
雨垂れ【あまだれamadare】
raindrops (dripping from eaves, branches, etc.); / exclamation point; exclamation mark
涎

センSEN・エンEN・よだれyodare

saliva; slobber

Strokes:
10
Radical:
水氵氺 water
SKIP:
1-3-7
UTF:
6d8e
JIS208:
62-23
Hangul:
연 [yeon]
Pinyin:
xián
Stroke order:
Alternative stroke order:
Example words:
垂涎【すいぜんsuizen】
watering at the mouth; covetousness
竜涎香【りゅうぜんこうryuuzenkou】
ambergris
垂涎三尺【すいぜんさんじゃくsuizensanjaku】
avid desire; drooling over (something); watering at the mouth
商いは牛の涎【あきないはうしのよだれakinaihaushinoyodare】
one should not rush to make a profit; business is best run when sales flow like a cow's drool: long and thin
涎を垂らす【よだれをたらすyodarewotarasu】
to drool; to dribble; to slobber
三
常用１年JLPTN5

サンSAN・ゾウZOU・みmi・みつmi.tsu・みっつmi.tsu

three

➜
弎
Strokes:
3
Radical:
一 one
SKIP:
2-1-2
UTF:
4e09
JIS208:
27-16
Nanori:
かka・さsa・さいsai・さえsae・さぶsabu・ざza・ざえzae・ざぶzabu・そうsou・ぞzo・ただtada・みつmitsu・みんmin・もmo・やya
Hangul:
삼 [sam]
Pinyin:
sān
Stroke order:
Example words:
三【さんsan】
three; / tri-
三月【さんがつsangatsu】
March
三十【さんじゅうsanjuu】
thirty
十三【じゅうさんjuusan】
thirteen; 13; / king (playing card)
三人【さんにんsannin】
three people
尺
常用６年JLPTN1

シャクSHAKU

shaku; Japanese foot; measure; scale; rule

Strokes:
4
Radical:
尸 corpse
SKIP:
3-3-1
UTF:
5c3a
JIS208:
28-60
Nanori:
せきseki
Hangul:
척 [cheog]
Pinyin:
chǐ / chě
Stroke order:
Example words:
尺度【しゃくどshakudo】
gauge; standard; measure; criterion; index; / length; size; / (measuring) rule; scale
巻尺【まきじゃくmakijaku】
tape measure
尺八【しゃくはちshakuhachi】
shakuhachi; end-blown fippleless bamboo flute; / blow job; fellatio
尺【しゃくshaku】
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); / rule; measure; scale; / length
縮尺【しゅくしゃくshukushaku】
reduced scale; scaling

Kanji

垂

スイSUI・たれるta.reru・たらすta.rasu・たれta.re・~たれ ta.re・なんなんとすnannanto.su

droop; suspend; hang; slouch

涎

センSEN・エンEN・よだれyodare

saliva; slobber


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