端起碗吃肉，放下筷子骂娘
Traditional: 端起碗吃肉，放下筷子罵娘Dictionary entry
lit. to eat meat from one's bowl, then put down one's chopsticks and scold one's mother (idiom)
What does 端起碗吃肉，放下筷子骂娘 mean?
端起碗吃肉，放下筷子骂娘 (duān qǐ wǎn chī ròu , fàng xià kuài zi mà niáng) has the following dictionary meaning.
1lit. to eat meat from one's bowl, then put down one's chopsticks and scold one's mother (idiom)
2fig. to complain despite being privileged
3to be ungrateful for what one has been given
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端起碗吃肉，放下筷子骂娘
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