食之无味,弃之可惜

shí zhī wú wèi , qì zhī kě xī

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

shí

to eat

zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])

not to have

wèi

taste

,

to abandon

zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])

(prefix) can; may; able to; -able

to cherish