饱汉不知饿汉饥 bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn jī

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

饱 bǎo eat heartily; eat one's fill
汉 hàn Chinese people; Chinese language
不 bù no, not; un-; negative prefix
知 zhī know, perceive, comprehend
饿 è hungry; greedy for; hunger
汉 hàn Chinese people; Chinese language
饥 jī hunger, starving; hungry; a famine