<p>You could try: 吃起来很麻烦</p>
<p>I can't agree with the list of hard to eat foods!</p>

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It is a native expression. Here is a Chinese website: [公认吃起来最麻烦的 4 种水果](https://kuaibao.qq.com/s/20190124A19KT400?refer=spider)
Bósài
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Pedroski
<p>无从下口 is a possible idiom in some contexts.</p>
<p>eg. 老虎吃田螺，无从下口</p>

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Heliogenesis
<p>难以食用  also implies the object cannot be eaten or it is almost impossible to eat it (e.g. 难以抵挡  = cannot withstand; 难以置信  = unbelievable)</p>
<p>无从下口 also refers to 'can't interject opinion'</p>
<p>I suggest 食用不便 (inconvenient to eat) or 吃来麻烦 (trouble to eat)</p>
<p>For example, crustaceans with hard shells, fish with fine bones are inconvenient to eat, but not impossible</p>

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Tang Ho
<p>Yes for example 不好吃  味道一般
These two words are not offensive</p>

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The question is not asking for less offensive expressions.
L Parker
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I think your answer means "not tasty", not "difficult to eat".
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<p>I wonder if there is a Chinese word or phrase equivalent to &quot;difficult to eat&quot; or &quot;hard to eat&quot;.</p>
<p>For example, someone said that pomegranates and artichokes are among the <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelysanders/foods-that-are-too-damn-hard-to-eat" rel="nofollow noreferrer">19 most hard-to-eat foods</a>.</p>
<p>I thought it would be &quot;难吃&quot; or &quot;不方便吃&quot;, but the former <a href="https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E9%9A%BE%E5%90%83/123902?fr=aladdin" rel="nofollow noreferrer">literally means</a> &quot;taste bad&quot; and the latter means &quot;it's not the right time to eat&quot;.</p>
<p>石榴很**</p>
<p>I know a long answer: <a href="https://www.baidu.com/s?wd=%E5%90%83%E8%B5%B7%E6%9D%A5%E4%B8%8D%E6%96%B9%E4%BE%BF&amp;pn=0&amp;oq=%E5%90%83%E8%B5%B7%E6%9D%A5%E4%B8%8D%E6%96%B9%E4%BE%BF&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;fenlei=256&amp;rsv_idx=1&amp;rsv_pq=bb51edd400c4e244&amp;rsv_t=0c2f%2F5xJDIFgYQpqifVD1oi4GcZTiDNQAqzlx%2FoBoA0CGZeB3RwDFoklLL8" rel="nofollow noreferrer">吃起来不方便</a>. For example, 石榴吃起来不方便。</p>
<p>Is that the best/only expression?</p>

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2021-05-22T14:56:29.843Z
How about 難以食用 / 難以進食?
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Perhaps, 吃起来费劲 or 吃着费劲.
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Is there a Chinese phrase equivalent to "difficult to eat"?
# Is there a Chinese phrase equivalent to "difficult to eat"?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-05-22)

I wonder if there is a Chinese word or phrase equivalent to "difficult to eat" or "hard to eat".

For example, someone said that pomegranates and artichokes are among the [19 most hard-to-eat foods](https://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelysanders/foods-that-are-too-damn-hard-to-eat).

I thought it would be "难吃" or "不方便吃", but the former [literally means](https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E9%9A%BE%E5%90%83/123902?fr=aladdin) "taste bad" and the latter means "it's not the right time to eat".

石榴很\*\*

I know a long answer: [吃起来不方便](https://www.baidu.com/s?wd=%E5%90%83%E8%B5%B7%E6%9D%A5%E4%B8%8D%E6%96%B9%E4%BE%BF&pn=0&oq=%E5%90%83%E8%B5%B7%E6%9D%A5%E4%B8%8D%E6%96%B9%E4%BE%BF&ie=utf-8&fenlei=256&rsv_idx=1&rsv_pq=bb51edd400c4e244&rsv_t=0c2f%2F5xJDIFgYQpqifVD1oi4GcZTiDNQAqzlx%2FoBoA0CGZeB3RwDFoklLL8). For example, 石榴吃起来不方便。

Is that the best/only expression?

**Tags:** meaning-in-context, word, phrase, word-requests, phrase-request
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: How about 難以食用 / 難以進食?  
> **username_2**: Perhaps, 吃起来费劲 or 吃着费劲.  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2021-05-22. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

You could try: 吃起来很麻烦

I can't agree with the list of hard to eat foods!

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: It is a native expression. Here is a Chinese website: [公认吃起来最麻烦的 4 种水果](https://kuaibao.qq.com/s/20190124A19KT400?refer=spider)  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2021-05-22. Score: 1

无从下口 is a possible idiom in some contexts.

eg. 老虎吃田螺，无从下口


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### Answer by username_6 on 2021-05-22. Score: 0

难以食用 also implies the object cannot be eaten or it is almost impossible to eat it (e.g. 难以抵挡 = cannot withstand; 难以置信 = unbelievable)

无从下口 also refers to 'can't interject opinion'

I suggest 食用不便 (inconvenient to eat) or 吃来麻烦 (trouble to eat)

For example, crustaceans with hard shells, fish with fine bones are inconvenient to eat, but not impossible


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### Answer by username_7 on 2021-05-22. Score: -1

Yes for example 不好吃 味道一般
These two words are not offensive

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: The question is not asking for less offensive expressions.  
> **username_8**: I think your answer means "not tasty", not "difficult to eat".  

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