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
HSK 3
eat heartily; eat one's fill
汉 hàn
HSK 1
Chinese people; Chinese language
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
知 zhī
HSK 2
know, perceive, comprehend
饿 è
HSK 3
hungry; greedy for; hunger
汉 hàn
HSK 1
Chinese people; Chinese language
饥 jī
HSK 6
hunger, starving; hungry; a famine