茶饭不思

Traditional form:

茶飯不思

Pinyin (reading):

cháfànbùsī

Definitions:

• no thought for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering
• to have no appetite

Characters:

• 茶 - tea; tea leaves; tea plant
• 饭 - meal, food; cooked rice
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 思 - to think, to ponder, to consider; final particle

Traditional characters:

• 茶 - tea; tea leaves; tea plant
• 飯 - meal, food; cooked rice
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 思 - to think, to ponder, to consider; final particle