eat without relish
The Chinese idiom, sh í B ù zh ō NGW è I in pinyin, is used to describe people who have something in their heart and don't enjoy eating. From Shi Chou Wen.
The origin of Idioms
Wei Cao Zhi of the Three Kingdoms states: "if you can't sit at your table, you can't eat all you want
Idiom usage
Used as an attributive or adverbial
eat without relish
parade with beautiful dress at night - yì jǐn yè xíng
marriages of one's sons and daughters - xiàng píng zhī yuàn
behave in a noisy , gay and boisterous manner - xī pí xiào liǎn
chuang chou dreaming a butterfly - zhuāng zhōu mèng dié