飽漢不知餓漢飢

Chinese

to eat till full; satisfied Chinese; name of a dynasty; man
 
to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of
to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of; to wonder if
to be hungry; hungry Chinese; name of a dynasty; man hungry
trad. (飽漢不知餓漢飢/飽漢不知餓漢饑) 不知 /
simp. (饱汉不知饿汉饥) 不知 饿
Literally: “well-fed men do not know starving men's hunger”.

Pronunciation


Idiom

飽漢不知餓漢飢

  1. the well-fed do not know how the starving suffer; to have no realization of how others feel; to be oblivious

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