飽漢不知餓漢飢 bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn jī

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

飽 bǎo eat heartily; eat one's fill
漢 hàn the Chinese people, Chinese language
不 bù no, not; un-; negative prefix
知 zhī know, perceive, comprehend
餓 è hungry; greedy for; hunger
漢 hàn the Chinese people, Chinese language
飢 jī hunger, starving; hungry; a famine