茶飯不思 chá fàn bù sī

lose appetite from worry; unable to eat

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. no thought for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering
  2. 2. to have no appetite

Characters

Character Meaning
茶 chá HSK 1
tea; tea plant
飯 fàn
meal; cooked rice; devotee
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
思 sī HSK 2
to think; to consider