lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom); fig. some things have little to no value, yet one is still reluctant to part with them
trad. 食之無味，棄之可惜
Also written 食之無味，棄之可惜【shí zhī wú wèi , qì zhī kě xī】
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
可
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(prefix) can; may; able to; -able, to approve; to permit, to suit, (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very, but; however
- Pinyin
- kě
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 179 of 2500
惜
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to cherish, to begrudge, to pity, Taiwan pr. [xi2]
- Pinyin
- xī
- Strokes
- 11