bǎo​rén​bù​zhī'è​rén​jī

the well-off cannot empathize with the badly-off

Senses

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.

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