bǎo​rén​bù​zhī'è​rén​jī

the well-off cannot empathize with the badly-off

  • created sense approved 饱人不知饿人饥/飽人不知餓人飢 · bǎo​rén​bù​zhī'è​rén​jī · the well-off cannot empathize with the badly-off — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    饱人不知饿人饥 / 飽人不知餓人飢

    bǎo​rén​bù​zhī'è​rén​jī

    the well-off cannot empathize with the badly-off

    (idiom) Lit. a well-fed person does not know the suffering of a starving person; used to mean that someone in a comfortable position cannot understand or sympathize with the hardships of others.

    饱 (literal) → 饱/飽 · bǎo · full 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person of a type 不知 (literal) → 不知 · bù​zhī · not to know 饿 (literal) → 饿/餓 · è · hungry 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person of a type 饥 (literal) → 饥/飢 · jī · hungry

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