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食之無味，棄之可惜

简食之无味，弃之可惜 · 繁食之無味，棄之可惜

Mandarin · pinyin shí zhī wú wèi , qì zhī kě xī

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

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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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可: kě · may, can, -able; possibly
惜: xī · pity, regret, rue, begrudge
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
弃: qì · reject, abandon, discard

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