飽漢不知餓漢飢

baau2 hon3 bat1 zi1 ngo6 hon3 gei1

The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).

Written Forms

飽漢不知餓漢飢Traditional · Main Form
饱汉不知饿汉饥Alternate Form

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