饱人不知饿人饥 bǎo rén bù zhī è rén jī

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

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