饱人不知饿人饥

Traditional: 飽人不知餓人飢

bǎo rén bù zhī è rén jī

Dictionary entry

The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).

What does 饱人不知饿人饥 mean?

饱人不知饿人饥 (bǎo rén bù zhī è rén jī) has the following dictionary meaning.

1The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).

Character breakdown

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饱bǎoto eat till full · satisfied 人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-知zhīto know · to be aware 饿èhungry · to starve (sb)饥jī(bound form) hungry

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饱人不知饿人饥

bǎo rén bù zhī è rén jī

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