食之无味，弃之可惜
shí​zhī​wú​wèi​qì​zhī​kě​xī

hardly worth having but hard to let go

  1. 食 shí verb
    to eat
    to eat; to consume; to have a meal
  2. 之 zhī pronoun
    it
    Used only in the object position to refer to a person or thing already mentioned, meaning "him", "her", "it", or "them".
  3. 无味 無味 wú​wèi adjective
    tasteless
    having no taste or smell; bland; insipid
  4. ， qì
    non-Chinese
  5. 弃 棄 qì verb
    to abandon
    to discard; to throw away; to relinquish; to give up
  6. 之 zhī pronoun
    it
    Used only in the object position to refer to a person or thing already mentioned, meaning "him", "her", "it", or "them".
  7. 可惜 kě​xī adjective
    unfortunate
    regrettable; unfortunate; a pity; used to express that something is a shame or a waste