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]
trad. 食之無味，棄之不甘
Also written 食之無味，棄之不甘【shí zhī wú wèi , qì zhī bù gān】
Characters in this word
7食
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to eat, food, animal feed, eclipse
- Pinyin
- shí
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 9712 of 2500
之
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
无
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used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- Pinyin
- mó
- Traditional
- 無
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1404 of 2500
味
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taste, smell, (fig.) (noun suffix) feel, quality, sense, (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription
- Pinyin
- wèi
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 4538 of 2500
弃
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to abandon, to relinquish, to discard, to throw away
- Pinyin
- qì
- Traditional
- 棄
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 17851 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
甘
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surname Gan, short name for Gansu 甘肅|甘肃[Gan1 su4]
- Pinyin
- Gān
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 11702 of 2500