Word data
HSK
Not in HSK
FREQUENCY
Unknown
食之无味，弃之可惜 shí zhī wú wèi ， qì zhī kě xī
of little value yet hard to give up
Word data
| HSK | Not in HSK |
| Frequency | Unknown |
Definitions
- 1. lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom)
- 2. fig. some things have little to no value, yet one is still reluctant to part with them
Characters
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to eat; food; animal feed
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
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not; no; not to have
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taste; smell; classifier for drugs (in TCM)
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to abandon; to throw away; to discard
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
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can; may; able to
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to cherish; to begrudge; to pity
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