衣食足而知荣辱
yī​shí​zú'ér​zhī​róng​rǔ

when food and clothing are adequate, people know honor and shame

  1. 衣食 yī​shí noun
    clothes and food
    clothes and food; basic necessities of life
  2. 足 zú adjective
    sufficient
    sufficient; ample; enough; to satisfy or be satisfied
  3. 而 ér particleconjunction
    [resultative linker]
    Used in certain constructions to indicate that the second action or state follows immediately from or is the result of the first, as in 一 yī...ér...
  4. 知 zhī verb
    to know
    to know; to be aware of; to realize or sense
  5. 荣辱 榮辱 róng​rǔ
    honor and disgrace
    honor and disgrace; glory and humiliation; reputation