resting chopsticks across a bowl
A breach of Japanese table etiquette; placing chopsticks horizontally across the top of a bowl or plate during or after a meal. Often taught as a manner to avoid.
Resting your chopsticks across the bowl is considered a breach of dining etiquette.
I taught my child not to rest their chopsticks across the bowl.
Compound of 渡し (watashi, 'crossing') + 箸 (hashi, 'chopsticks'), with rendaku voicing of はし to ばし. The term describes the action of laying chopsticks across a vessel.