食之无味，弃之不甘 shí zhī wú wèi ， qì zhī bù gān

not good yet hard to give up; awkward choice

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. see 食之無味，食之无味，弃之可惜[shi2 zhi1 wu2 wei4 , qi4 zhi1 ke3 xi1]

Characters

Character Meaning
食 shí HSK 5
to eat; food; animal feed
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
无 wú HSK 4
not; no; not to have
味 wèi HSK 4
taste; smell; classifier for drugs (in TCM)
弃 qì HSK 4
to abandon; to throw away; to discard
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
甘 gān HSK 6
sweet; willing