As tasteless as chewing wax.
Pronunciation: [wètóng jiao là]
Interpretation: Like eating wax, it has no taste at all. Describe a language or article as dull as ditch water.
Sentence making: This article is full of empty talk, which makes people look like chewing wax.
Source: Qing Wu Jingzi's "The Scholars": "The world became famous at first sight; He gave up his life to beg him; When you get it; It tastes like chewing wax. "
Poverty and a hard life
Pronunciation: [ch and k ā ng y à n cà i]
Interpretation: Describe the poverty and hardship of life.
Sentence: In the old society, many people lived a life of eating chaff and swallowing vegetables!
Origin: From the third chapter of Yao's Li Zicheng.
dull
Pronunciation: [dà né rú wè i]
Interpretation: light: thin, as opposed to "thick". Vegetables are tasteless because of lack of salt. It also means tasteless. He also described writing articles as boring.
Sentence making: A straight life is dull and tasteless, and a tortuous life is full of five flavors.
Source: Li Qingruzhen's "Mirror Flower Edge" The twelfth time: "Shu Ren eats very little, because it is tasteless, it is not as fragrant as rice."
hard to swallow
Pronunciation: [nán yǐ xià yàn]
Interpretation: I can't eat because the food is not delicious or I have a sore throat.
Source: Although it is difficult to swallow, it is more beneficial to health than big fish and big meat.
Eat without taste
Pronunciation: [shíbügān wèI]
Commentary: Gan Wei: I feel good. I feel tasteless when I eat it Describe something in your heart that doesn't taste good.
Sentence: I can't solve this problem, which makes me fidgety and unwilling to eat.
Source: "The Warring States Policy, Chess Strategy Five": "The king of Qin is afraid of it, but he is uneasy and eats it."
I have something in my head, but I have nothing to eat.
Pronunciation: [shíb Huáng wèI]
Interpretation: describe something in your heart that doesn't taste good. The same is "not enough to eat."
Sentence: I am not too thick to live outside today, but those who are fidgeting and have a bad appetite are worried about the failure of both sides.