茶饭不思

Traditional: 茶飯不思

chá fàn bù sī

Dictionary entry

no thought for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering

What does 茶饭不思 mean?

茶饭不思 (chá fàn bù sī) has the following dictionary meaning.

1no thought for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering

2to have no appetite

Character breakdown

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茶chátea · tea plant 饭fàncooked rice · CL:碗[wan3]不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-思sīto think · to consider

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茶饭不思

chá fàn bù sī

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