饱汉不知饿汉饥 bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn jī

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

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
饱 bǎo HSK 3
to eat till full; satisfied
汉 hàn HSK 1
Han ethnic group; Chinese (language)
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
知 zhī HSK 2
to know; to be aware
饿 è HSK 3
hungry; to be hungry; to starve (sb)
汉 hàn HSK 1
Han ethnic group; Chinese (language)
饥 jī HSK 6
variant of 飢jī; hungry