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食之无味，弃之可惜

shí zhī wú wèi , qì zhī kě xī

9-character word Traditional 食之無味，棄之可惜

What 食之无味，弃之可惜 means

1. lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom)
2. fig. some things have little to no value, yet one is still reluctant to part with them

The characters in 食之无味，弃之可惜

• 食shíto eat; food; animal feed
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 味wèitaste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel
• 弃qìto abandon; to relinquish; to discard
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit
• 惜xīto cherish; to begrudge; to pity