身在福中不知福
Traditional form:
身在福中不知福
Pinyin (reading):
shēnzàifúzhōngbùzhīfú
Definitions:
- to live in plenty without appreciating it (idiom); not to know when one is well off
Characters:
- 身 - body, torso; person; pregnancy
- 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
- 福 - happiness, good fortune, blessings
- 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 知 - to know, to perceive, to comprehend
- 福 - happiness, good fortune, blessings
Traditional characters:
- 身 - body, torso; person; pregnancy
- 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
- 福 - happiness, good fortune, blessings
- 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 知 - to know, to perceive, to comprehend
- 福 - happiness, good fortune, blessings