不当家不知柴米贵
bù​dāng​jiā​bù​zhī​chái​mǐ​guì

you don't know the cost of living until you run a household

  • created sense approved 不当家不知柴米贵/不當家不知柴米貴 · bù​dāng​jiā​bù​zhī​chái​mǐ​guì · you don't know the cost of living until you run a household — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不当家不知柴米贵 / 不當家不知柴米貴

    bù​dāng​jiā​bù​zhī​chái​mǐ​guì

    you don't know the cost of living until you run a household

    a person who does not manage a household would not be aware of how expensive it is to live; often used to remind someone to be less wasteful or more appreciative of resources

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 当家 (literal) → 当家/當家 · dāng​jiā · to run a household 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 知 (literal) → 知 · zhī · to know 柴米 (literal) → 柴米 · chái​mǐ · fuel and rice 贵 (literal) → 贵/貴 · guì · expensive

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense