声声中国语:饱汉不知饿汉饥 The well-fed don’t understand how the starving suffer

饱汉不知饿汉饥(bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn jī)The well-fed don’t understand how the starving suffer

Explanation

“饱汉不知饿汉饥”是说吃饱了的人不知道饥饿的人的痛苦，比喻处境好的人，不能理解别人的苦衷。
“饱汉不知饿汉饥” means that a well-fed doesn’t know the pain of hunger. It is a metaphor for how people in good situations cannot understand the troubles of others.
Words:

飞机fēijī:airport;
放假fànɡjià:vacation.

Sentences

1. Jiǎ：Nĭmen zěnme bù zuò fēijī huí jiā，zuò huǒchē duō lèi!
甲：你们怎么不坐飞机回家，坐火车多累！
A: Why don’t you fly home? Taking train is so tiresome!

Yǐ：Nǐ zhēnshì bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn jī，wǒmen nǎr mǎideqǐ fēijīpiào.
乙：你真是饱汉不知饿汉饥，我们哪儿买得起飞机票？
B: You’re a well-fed person who doesn’t know the pain of hunger. How could we afford plane tickets?

2. Jiǎ: Tā gāngcái wèn wǒ fàngjià qù nǎr wánr.
甲：他刚才问我放假去哪儿玩儿。
A: He just now asked me wher I plan to go for vacation.

Yǐ：Tā shì bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn jī ，wǒmen nǎr yǒu shíjiān chūqù wánr a!
乙：他是饱汉不知饿汉饥，我们哪儿有时间出去玩儿啊！
B: He is well fed and doesn’t know how the starving suffer. When do we have free time to travel!