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饱人不知饿人饥
飽人不知餓人飢
bǎorénbùzhīèrénjī
1. The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).

Character Breakdown

饱
bǎo
satisfied; to eat one's fill
HSK 3 8 丶
人
rén
man, person; people
HSK 1 2 丶
不
bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
HSK 1 4 丶
知
zhī
to know, to perceive, to comprehend
HSK 2 8 丶
饿
è
hungry; greedy
HSK 3 10 丶
人
rén
man, person; people
HSK 1 2 丶
饥
jī
hungry, starving; hunger, famine
HSK 6 5 丶

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