tasteless and insipid

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