食之无味，弃之不甘

shí zhī wú wèi , qì zhī bù gān

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1. see 食之無味，棄之可惜|食之无味，弃之可惜[shí zhī wú wèi , qì zhī kě xī]

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Child Words of 食之无味，弃之不甘

• 味 味 wèi: interest; delight
• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 之 之 zhī: (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
• 无 无 wú: not to have
• 不甘 不甘 bù gān: unreconciled to
• 弃 弃 qì: to abandon
• 无味 无味 wú wèi: flavorless; unpalatable
• 甘 甘 gān: sweet
• 食 食 shí: to eat
• 食 食 sì: to feed (a person or animal)