大姑娘吃饭,细嚼慢咽大姑娘吃飯,細嚼慢嚥大姑娘吃飯,細嚼慢嚥

a grown girl eating: chewing finely and swallowing slowly

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Either thinking something over carefully and absorbing it slowly, or being overcautious and slow to act.

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Simplified: 大姑娘吃饭,细嚼慢咽
Traditional (Taiwan): 大姑娘吃飯,細嚼慢嚥
Pinyin: dàgūniáng chīfàn,xìjiáomànyàn
Bopomofo: ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄋㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄈㄢˋ,ㄒㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄠˊ ㄇㄢˋ ㄧㄢˋ

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