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食之無味，棄之不甘

简食之无味，弃之不甘 · 繁食之無味，棄之不甘

Mandarin · pinyin shí zhī wú wèi , qì zhī bù gān

see 食之無味，棄之可惜 shí zhī wú wèi, qì zhī kě xī

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食: shí · eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
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味: wèi · taste, smell, odor; delicacy
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不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
甘: gān · sweetness; sweet, tasty
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
弃: qì · reject, abandon, discard

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