drawing a dish closer with chopsticks (bad manners)
A specific chopstick etiquette violation: using chopsticks to pull a dish toward oneself. Considered rude in Japanese dining.
Drawing a dish toward you with chopsticks is bad manners.
He unconsciously pulled a dish closer with his chopsticks.
Compound of 寄せ (yose, 'drawing near') + 箸 (hashi, 'chopsticks'). The reading よせばし follows rendaku voicing of はし to ばし.