食不知味 shí bù zhī wèi

lit. to eat without tasting the food

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
食 shí HSK 5
to eat; food; animal feed
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
知 zhī HSK 2
to know; to be aware
味 wèi HSK 4
taste; smell; classifier for drugs (in TCM)