created sense approved 饱汉不知饿汉饥/飽漢不知餓漢飢 · bǎohànbùzhī'èhànjī · the well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
饱汉不知饿汉饥 / 飽漢不知餓漢飢
bǎohànbùzhī'èhànjī
the well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer
The well-fed cannot understand the hunger of the starving; used to describe how people in comfortable situations often fail to empathize with the hardships and pain of those who are struggling.
饱 (literal) → 饱/飽 · bǎo · full 汉 (literal) → 汉/漢 · hàn · man 不知 (literal) → 不知 · bùzhī · not to know 饿 (literal) → 饿/餓 · è · hungry 汉 (literal) → 汉/漢 · hàn · man 饥 (literal) → 饥/飢 · jī · hungry
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