食之無味,棄之不甘 shí zhī wú wèi , qì zhī bù gān

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

食 shí eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184
之 zhī marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
無 wú negative, no, not; lack, have no
味 wèi taste, smell, odor; delicacy
棄 qì reject, abandon, discard
之 zhī marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
不 bù no, not; un-; negative prefix
甘 gān sweetness; sweet, tasty