Idioms describing the taste of food

1.别有风味释义：别：另外；风味：指特色。 There is another kind of specialty. Source: Qing Dynasty Wang Tao "Ying Moo Magazine" 167: "Ip spinach is also from other countries, the stem is fat and the leaves are tender, mixed with strands of meat, there is another flavor." The meaning is that there is a kind of water spinach from other countries, the stem is fat and the leaves are tender, and it has a different flavor when it is mixed with meat. Example：Sleeping soundly is indispensable, but napping also has a different flavor.

2, mountain treasures and sea flavor interpretation: mountain treasures: the mountains produced rare food; sea flavor: the sea of delicious food. Refers to the mountains and the sea produced a variety of precious food. Now refers to a variety of delicious food. Source: Cao Xueqin's Dream of Red Mansions (红楼梦)第39回："The girls are tired of eating mountain treasures and sea food every day." Example：The tonic is not necessarily as flavorful as the delicacies of the sea.

3, taste like chicken ribs interpretation: chicken ribs: chicken ribs, no meat, the metaphor is not much meaning and can not bear to give up things. It is a pity that things are not done, and there is not much benefit in doing them. Source: "Three Kingdoms - Wei Zhi - Emperor Wu Ji" Pei Songzhi quoted in the Jiuzhou Spring and Autumn Annals as saying, "Chicken ribs are like a pity to be discarded, and there is nothing to be gained by eating them." It means that it tastes like chicken ribs without much flavor, and it is a bit of a pity to throw it away. Example: This tastes like chicken ribs and is not interesting.

4, taste like chewing wax definition: like eating wax; without a little flavor. Describe the language or article as boring and tasteless. Chewing: chewing. Source: The Lama Sutra, Volume 8: "I have no lustful mind, and should you act in a horizontal manner, the taste is like chewing wax." Meaning I have no lustful mind, and when I act with you in the matter of lust, when I lie there, I just feel that the taste is like chewing wax, boring and tasteless. Example：His article was written in a dull and boring manner; it tasted like chewing wax after one had read it.

5, the five flavors of the interpretation: five flavors: sweet, sour, bitter, spicy and salty. It describes a complete and appropriate seasoning. Source: "Rites of Passage": "five flavors, six and twelve food." It means all kinds of flavors, sweet, sour, bitter, spicy and salty, and food eaten in twelve months. Example: This dish does not look good, but it tastes like a full range of flavors.