食之无味，弃之不甘

Traditional form:

食之無味，棄之不甘

Pinyin (reading):

shízhīwúwèi,qìzhībùgān

Definitions:

• see 食之無味，棄之可惜／食之无味，弃之可惜 (shízhīwúwèi,qìzhīkěxī)

Characters:

• 食 - food; to eat
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 味 - taste; smell, odor; delicacy
• 弃 - to abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to forget
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 甘 - sweet, tasty; willing

Traditional characters:

• 食 - food; to eat
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 無 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 味 - taste; smell, odor; delicacy
• 棄 - to abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to forget
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 甘 - sweet, tasty; willing