食不知味

shí bù zhī wèi

Dictionary entry

lit. to eat without tasting the food

What does 食不知味 mean?

食不知味 (shí bù zhī wèi) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. to eat without tasting the food

2worried or downhearted (idiom)

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食shíto eat · food 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-知zhīto know · to be aware 味wèitaste · smell

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食不知味

shí bù zhī wèi

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