不當家不知柴米貴

Chinese

		not; no	to manage household affairs; to have the final say; to take the leading role	to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of; to wonder if	firewood and rice; daily necessities	expensive; noble; your (name) expensive; noble; your (name); precious
trad. (不當家不知柴米貴)		不	當家	不知	柴米	貴
simp. (不当家不知柴米贵)		不	当家	不知	柴米	贵
Literally: “if one does not keep the house, one does not know how expensive firewood and rice are”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bù dāngjiā bùzhī cháimǐ guì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄤ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄔㄞˊ ㄇㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bù dāngjiā bùzhī cháimǐ guì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄤ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄔㄞˊ ㄇㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bù dangjia bùjhih cháimǐ guèi
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴ tang¹-chia¹ pu⁴-chih¹ chʻai²-mi³ kuei⁴
    • Yale: bù dāng-jyā bù-jr̄ chái-mǐ gwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu dangjia bujy chairmii guey
    • Palladius: бу данцзя бучжи чайми гуй (bu danczja bučži čajmi guj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Proverb

不當家不知柴米貴

1. managing a family is not easy, and requires responsibility