染指垂涎

lit. dirty finger, mouth watering (idiom); fig. greedy to seize sth

to dye / to catch (a disease) / to acquire (bad habits etc) / to contaminate / to add color washes to a painting

to dip a finger (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie / to get a share of the action / abbr. for 染指於鼎|染指于鼎

finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end

to hang (down) / droop / dangle / bend down / hand down / bequeath / nearly / almost / to approach

to water at the mouth / to drool

variant of 涎[xian2]

saliva