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食

shi2

• to eat
• food
• animal feed

食

si4

• to feed (a person or animal)

食不厌精，脍不厌细

繁体：食不厭精，膾不厭細

shi2 bu4 yan4 jing1 , kuai4 bu4 yan4 xi4

• lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects)
• fig. to be fastidious about one's food

食不果腹

shi2 bu4 guo3 fu4

• lit. food not filling the stomach (idiom)
• fig. poverty-stricken

食不知味

shi2 bu4 zhi1 wei4

• lit. to eat without tasting the food
• worried or downhearted (idiom)

食之无味，弃之不甘

繁体：食之無味，棄之不甘

shi2 zhi1 wu2 wei4 , qi4 zhi1 bu4 gan1

• see 食之無味，棄之可惜|食之无味，弃之可惜[shi2 zhi1 wu2 wei4 , qi4 zhi1 ke3 xi1]

食之无味，弃之可惜

繁体：食之無味，棄之可惜

shi2 zhi1 wu2 wei4 , qi4 zhi1 ke3 xi1

• 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

食人

shi2 ren2

• man-eating (beast)
• to eat people
• fig. to oppress the people