味同嚼蜡 — Chinese idiom
味同嚼蜡
wèi tóng jiáo là
Traditional: 味同嚼蠟
Meaning
- lit. tastes as if one is chewing wax
- fig. tasteless; insipid
Character by character
- 味wèitaste; smell, odor; delicacy
- 同tóngsame, similar; together with, alike
- 嚼jiáoto prattle, to be glib
- 蜡làcandle, wax; maggot
Idioms sharing a character
- 五味俱全 wǔ wèi jù quán
- 五味杂陈 wǔ wèi zá chén
- 单调乏味 dān diào fá wèi
- 津津有味 jīn jīn yǒu wèi
- 珍馐美味 zhēn xiū měi wèi
- 耐人寻味 nài rén xún wèi
- 食不知味 shí bù zhī wèi
- 香味扑鼻 xiāng wèi pū bí
- 一视同仁 yī shì tóng rén
- 不同凡响 bù tóng fán xiǎng
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