身在福中不知福 (san1 zoi6 fuk1 zung1 bat1 zi1 fuk1 | ) : when growing up in happiness, don't appreciate what happiness actually is

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身在福中不知福

san1 zoi6 fuk1 zung1 bat1 zi1 fuk1

when growing up in happiness, don't appreciate what happiness actually is

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This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

身在福中不知福

This word has been viewed 2800 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by WANNABEAFREAK on 4th Sep 2007 17:20 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

身 san1 - body; life; oneself
在 zoi6 - at; in; on
福 fuk1 - fortune; luck; happiness
中 zung1 zung3 - centre; middle; during; average; affected by
不 bat1 - not; no; un-
知 zi1 zi3 - know; knowledge; inform
福 fuk1 - fortune; luck; happiness

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而家啲細路真係身在福中不知福！粵
Children nowadays really don't know how fortunate they are.

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