食ㄕˊshí不ㄅㄨˋbù厭ㄧㄢˋyàn精ㄐㄧㄥjīng，膾ㄎㄨㄞˋkuài不ㄅㄨˋbù厭ㄧㄢˋyàn細ㄒㄧˋxì

  1. 米麥碾舂得愈精白愈好，魚肉切得越細越好。比喻食品精緻，飲食講究。《論語·鄉黨》：「食不厭精，膾不厭細，食饐而餲，魚餒而肉敗，不食。」宋·楊萬里〈庸言三〉：「食不厭精，膾不厭細，學而不精可乎？」

英lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects)​, fig. to be fastidious about one's food