Chinese

		three; 3	moon; month	to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of	meat; flesh	taste
simp. and trad. (三月不知肉味)		三	月	不知	肉	味

Idiom

三月不知肉味

1. Describes a situation in which one is totally captivated by whatever activity is taking place; totally enraptured
   • 2005: 秋水 (Qiushui), 二00四文化年鉴评书：生活的美丽与哀愁 (Culture year 2004 literary criticism: the beauty and sadness of life)

     有人认为北岛在这本书中没有表现出思想之美，但那是评论家的事，对于我等普通读者来说，这样的文字，已经足以三月不知肉味了。. (simplified)

      

     有人認為北島在這本書中沒有表現出思想之美，但那是評論家的事，對於我等普通讀者來說，這樣的文字，已經足以三月不知肉味了。. (traditional)

     There are some who believe that Bei Dao has not demonstrated a clarity of thought in this book; I will leave that to the reviewers and critics. However, for ordinary readers like me, this kind of writing was sufficient to keep me totally enraptured.