食之無味，棄之可惜

See also: 食之无味，弃之可惜

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	's; him/her/it; this	tasteless; having no flavour; dull tasteless; having no flavour; dull; flat; boring		abandon; relinquish; to discard abandon; relinquish; to discard; to throw away	's; him/her/it; this	regrettable; too bad; a pity regrettable; too bad; a pity; a shame
trad. (食之無味，棄之可惜)		食	之	無味	，	棄	之	可惜
simp. (食之无味，弃之可惜)		食	之	无味	，	弃	之	可惜
Literally: “some food may lack flavor, but it would still be a pity to throw it away”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shí zhī wúwèi, qì zhī kěxī, shí zhī wúwèi, qì zhī kěxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄓ ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˋ , ㄑㄧˋ ㄓ ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧ, ㄕˊ ㄓ ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˋ , ㄑㄧˋ ㄓ ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shí zhī wúwèi, qì zhī kěxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄓ ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˋ , ㄑㄧˋ ㄓ ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíh jhih wúwèi, cì jhih kěsi
    • Wade–Giles: shih² chih¹ wu²-wei⁴, chʻi⁴ chih¹ kʻo³-hsi¹
    • Yale: shŕ jr̄ wú-wèi-, chì jr̄ kě-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyr jy wuwey, chih jy keeshi
    • Palladius: ши чжи увэй, ци чжи кэси (ši čži uvɛj, ci čži kɛsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shí zhī wúwèi, qì zhī kěxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄓ ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˋ , ㄑㄧˋ ㄓ ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíh jhih wúwèi, cì jhih kěsí
    • Wade–Giles: shih² chih¹ wu²-wei⁴, chʻi⁴ chih¹ kʻo³-hsi²
    • Yale: shŕ jr̄ wú-wèi-, chì jr̄ kě-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyr jy wuwey, chih jy keeshyi
    • Palladius: ши чжи увэй, ци чжи кэси (ši čži uvɛj, ci čži kɛsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi³⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 食之無味，棄之可惜

1. some things have no apparent value, but one still can't bear to throw them away

   • 李嘉誠心有不甘棄20年夢想食之無味棄之可惜 [MSC, trad.]
     李嘉诚心有不甘弃20年梦想食之无味弃之可惜 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2005: anon., www.tynews.com.cn

     Lǐ Jiāchéng xīn yǒu bùgān qì 20 nián mèngxiǎng shí zhī wúwèi qì zhī kěxī [Pinyin]

     Li Jiacheng did not wish to let go of a twenty year dream of his, he just could not bear to part with it.