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飽人不知餓人飢 (baau2 jan4 bat1 zi1 ngo6 jan4 gei1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

飽人不知餓人飢 (baau2 jan4 bat1 zi1 ngo6 jan4 gei1, bǎo rén bù zhī è rén jī) — The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 飽上心頭 (baau2 soeng5 sam1 tau4) — very full; full (up) to the throat
• 飽到上心口 (baau2 dou3 soeng5 sam1 hau2) — very full; full (up) to the throat
• 飽和溶液 (baau2 wo4 jung4 jik6) — a saturated solution
• 飽和狀態 (baau2 wo4 zong6 taai3) — saturation state
• 飽暖思淫慾 (baau2 nyun5 si1 jam4 juk6) — when one is materially comfortable, one will be lustful
• 飽死荷蘭豆 (baau2 sei2 ho4 laan1 dau6) — not worried about acting as a fool (slang)

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