食不知味 shí bù zhī wèi

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. to eat without tasting the food
  2. worried or downhearted (idiom)

CHARACTERS

食 shí eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184
不 bù no, not; un-; negative prefix
知 zhī know, perceive, comprehend
味 wèi taste, smell, odor; delicacy