何不食肉糜
Traditional form:
何不食肉糜
Pinyin (reading):
hébùshíròumí
Definitions:
- lit. "Why don't they eat meat?" (said by Emperor Hui of Jin 晉惠帝／晋惠帝 ( Jìn Huìdì) when told that his people didn't have enough rice to eat)
- fig. (of people from higher class etc) to be oblivious to other people's plight
Characters:
- 何 - what, why, where, which, how
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 食 - food; to eat
- 肉 - meat; flesh
- 糜 - rice gruel, congee; mashed
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