飽漢不知餓漢飢

Chinese

		to eat till full; satisfied	Chinese; name of a dynasty; man	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	to be hungry; hungry	Chinese; name of a dynasty; man	hungry
trad. (飽漢不知餓漢飢/飽漢不知餓漢饑)		飽	漢	不知	餓	漢	飢/饑
simp. (饱汉不知饿汉饥)		饱	汉	不知	饿	汉	饥
Literally: “well-fed men do not know starving men's hunger”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎo hàn bùzhī è hàn jī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄏㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄜˋ ㄏㄢˋ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baau² hon³ bat¹ zi¹ ngo⁶ hon³ gei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎo hàn bùzhī è hàn jī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄏㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄜˋ ㄏㄢˋ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎo hàn bùjhih è hàn ji
    • Wade–Giles: pao³ han⁴ pu⁴-chih¹ o⁴ han⁴ chi¹
    • Yale: bǎu hàn bù-jr̄ è hàn jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bao hann bujy eh hann ji
    • Palladius: бао хань бучжи э хань цзи (bao xanʹ bučži e xanʹ czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xän⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ˀɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xän⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baau² hon³ bat¹ zi¹ ngo⁶ hon³ gei¹
    • Yale: báau hon bāt jī ngoh hon gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baau² hon³ bat⁷ dzi¹ ngo⁶ hon³ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bao² hon³ bed¹ ji¹ ngo⁶ hon³ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːu̯³⁵ hɔːn³³ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ ŋɔː²² hɔːn³³ kei̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

飽漢不知餓漢飢

1. the well-fed do not know how the starving suffer; to have no realization of how others feel; to be oblivious

See also

• 飽漢子不知餓漢子飢／饱汉子不知饿汉子饥 (bǎo hànzi bùzhī è hànzi jī) (alternative form)