jiǎn yǐn zé shí

Traditional: 揀飲擇食

拣饮择食 (jiǎn yǐn zé shí) is a Chinese word meaning “to choose one's food carefully; to be picky”.

Meanings

  1. 1to choose one's food carefully
  2. 2to be picky

Characters in 拣饮择食

拣jiǎn · to choose饮yǐn · to drink择zé · to select食shí · to eat

Related words

选择to select; to pick食物food食to eat食to feed (a person or animal)饮料drink别无选择to have no other choice食品foodstuff; food; provisions抉择to choose (literary)饮食eating and drinking美食culinary delicacy不择手段by fair means or foul饮to drink

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