棄之可惜
qì​zhī​kě​xī

a waste to discard

  • created reference approved 弃之可惜/棄之可惜 → 食之无味，弃之可惜/食之無味，棄之可惜 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    弃之可惜 / 棄之可惜 qì​zhī​kě​xī

    食之无味，弃之可惜 / 食之無味，棄之可惜 shí​zhī​wú​wèi​qì​zhī​kě​xī

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 弃之可惜/棄之可惜 · qì​zhī​kě​xī · a waste to discard — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    弃之可惜 / 棄之可惜

    qì​zhī​kě​xī

    a waste to discard

    hesitate to throw something away because it still has some value, even if it is no longer useful; literally "discarding it would be a pity"

    qì​zhī​kě​xí

    弃 (literal) → 弃/棄 · qì · to abandon 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · it 可惜 (literal) → 可惜 · kě​xī · unfortunate

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense