飽人不知餓人飢 bǎo rén bù zhī è rén jī

DEFINITIONS

  1. The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).

CHARACTERS

飽 bǎo eat heartily; eat one's fill
人 rén
HSK 1
man; people; mankind; someone else
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
知 zhī
HSK 2
know, perceive, comprehend
餓 è hungry; greedy for; hunger
人 rén
HSK 1
man; people; mankind; someone else
飢 jī hunger, starving; hungry; a famine