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
HSK 3
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
饿 è
HSK 3
hungry; greedy for; hunger
人 rén
HSK 1
man; people; mankind; someone else
饥 jī
HSK 6
hunger, starving; hungry; a famine