饱汉不知饿汉饥

Traditional: 飽漢不知餓漢飢

bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn jī

Dictionary entry

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

What does 饱汉不知饿汉饥 mean?

饱汉不知饿汉饥 (bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn 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 汉HànHan ethnic group · Chinese (language)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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饱汉不知饿汉饥

bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn jī

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