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饱汉不知饿汉饥
飽漢不知餓漢飢
bǎohànbùzhīèhànjī
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
汉
hàn
Chinese people; Chinese language
HSK 1
5 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
汉
hàn
Chinese people; Chinese language
HSK 1
5 丶
饥
jī
hungry, starving; hunger, famine
HSK 6
5 丶
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