饱汉不知饿汉饥 in English bao3 han4 bu4 zhi1 e4 han4 ji1 Meaning

Meanings

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

Simplified Characters

饱 汉 不 知 饿 汉 饥

Traditional Characters

飽 漢 不 知 餓 漢 飢

Pinyin

bao3 han4 bu4 zhi1 e4 han4 ji1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

饱bao3to eat till full 汉han4Han ethnic group 不bu4(negative prefix) 知zhi1to know 饿e4to be hungry 汉han4Han ethnic group 饥ji1hungry