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Trad. 嚼頭
- chewiness
- (fig.) substance; depth; something to chew on (in a novel, movie etc)
Trad. 味同嚼蠟
- lit. tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom)
- fig. tasteless; insipid
- to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
Trad. 貪多嚼不爛
- to bite off more than one can chew (idiom)
Trad. 吃別人嚼過的饃不香
- lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom)
- fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first