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食不知味

Mandarin · pinyin shí bù zhī wèi

lit. to eat without tasting the food
worried or downhearted (idiom)

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食: shí · eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
知: zhī · know, perceive, comprehend
味: wèi · taste, smell, odor; delicacy

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2–4–1–4 · shi2 bu4 zhi1 wei4

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sik6 bat1 zi1 mei6

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