Lick one's lips
Lick your lips, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Z ā Zu ǐ Ti ǎ NCH ú n, meaning greedy appearance, also means food taste good. It comes from Yang Shuo's three thousand li Jiang Shan.
Idiom explanation
Describe the appearance of greed. It also means that the food tastes good.
The origin of Idioms
The tenth paragraph of Yang Shuo's three thousand li Jiangshan: "Wu Zhen eats sweetly and sweetly. He licks his lips while eating, tasting the taste."
Analysis of Idioms
Synonyms: smack the tongue, smack the tongue
Idiom usage
It's a surprise
Lick one's lips
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