不當家不知柴米貴 bù dāng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ guì

You don’t know costs till you run a home

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
當 dāng
to be; to act as; should
家 jiā HSK 1
home; family; classifier for families or businesses
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
知 zhī HSK 2
to know; to be aware
柴 chái HSK 5
firewood; lean (of meat); thin (of a person)
米 mǐ HSK 1
rice; meter (classifier); surname Mi
貴 guì
expensive; (honorific) your; precious