端起碗吃肉，放下筷子骂娘 in English duan1 qi3 wan3 chi1 rou4 , fang4 xia4 kuai4 zi5 ma4 niang2 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) to eat meat from one's bowl, then put down one's chopsticks and scold one's mother (idiomatic expression)
  • metaphorically to complain despite being privileged
  • to be ungrateful for what one has been given

Simplified Characters

端 起 碗 吃 肉 ， 放 下 筷 子 骂 娘

Traditional Characters

端 起 碗 吃 肉 ， 放 下 筷 子 罵 娘

Pinyin

duan1 qi3 wan3 chi1 rou4 , fang4 xia4 kuai4 zi5 ma4 niang2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

端duan1end 起qi3to rise 碗wan3variant of 碗[wan3] 吃chi1to eat 肉rou4meat ， 放fang4to put 下xia4down 筷kuai4chopstick 子zi5son 骂ma4to scold 娘niang2mother