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 ㄓㄨˊ ㄨㄟˋ, ㄑㄧˋ ㄓㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧ, ㄕˊ ㄓㄨˊ ㄨㄟˋ, ㄑㄧˋ ㄓㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: shí zhī wúwèi, qì zhī kěxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄓㄨˊ ㄨㄟˋ, ㄑㄧˋ ㄓㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy jy wuwey, chih jy keeshi
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u³⁵ u̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: shí zhī wúwèi, qì zhī kěxí
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄓㄨˊ ㄨㄟˋ, ㄑㄧˋ ㄓㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy jy wuwey, chih jy keeshyi
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u³⁵ u̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi³⁵/

Idiom

食之無味，棄之可惜

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.

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