饱人不知饿人饥 in English bao3 ren2 bu4 zhi1 e4 ren2 ji1 Meaning

Meanings

  • The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiomatic expression).

Simplified Characters

饿

Traditional Characters

Pinyin

bao3 ren2 bu4 zhi1 e4 ren2 ji1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

bao3to eat till full ren2man bu4(negative prefix) zhi1to know 饿e4to be hungry ren2man ji1hungry