tasteless and insipid
Insipid, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d à n é RW ú w è I, which means that dishes are tasteless due to lack of salt. It also refers to insipid. It comes from the collection of Zhu Zi Yu Lei Lue.
The origin of Idioms
The fourth volume of Zhu Zi Yu Lei Lue written by Zhu Xi of Song Dynasty: "this work seems insipid, but it has its own coke when it is done."
Idiom usage
It refers to light. Because of its insipidity, the common people eat less than the fragrance of rice. (Chapter 12 of Jing Hua Yuan by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty)
Analysis of Idioms
Antonym: interesting and intriguing
tasteless and insipid
distinguished from the common run - yōng zhōng jiǎo jiǎo
Destroy orchid and turn jade into jade - cuī lán zhé yù
not to know the depth of things - bù zhī shēn qiǎn