食思毋通食飫

Chinese

eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
to think; to consider do not; don't
eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
full (as of eating)
trad. (食思毋通食飫) 毋通
simp. (食思毋通食饫) 毋通
Literally: “to think while eating not to eat until one is sick of it”.

Pronunciation


Idiom

食思毋通食飫

  1. (Hokkien) it is better to eat it and want to eat it again rather than eating too much and get sick of it, even if it is delicious