食不知味 in English shi2 bu4 zhi1 wei4 Meaning

Meanings

• literally (word for word) to eat without tasting the food
• worried or downhearted (idiomatic expression)

Pinyin

shi2 bu4 zhi1 wei4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

食shi2to eat 不bu4(negative prefix) 知zhi1to know 味wei4taste