身在福中不知福

身在福中不知福

Chinese

		body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev); surname	middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of; to wonder if	good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev); surname
simp. and trad. (身在福中不知福)		身	在	福	中	不知	福

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēn zài fú zhōng bùzhī fú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄗㄞˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ zoi⁶ fuk¹ zung¹ bat¹ zi¹ fuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shēn zài fú zhōng bùzhī fú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄗㄞˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shen tzay fwu jong bujy fwu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shen zài fú jhong bùjhih fú
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ fu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ zoi⁶ fuk¹ zung¹ bat¹ zi¹ fuk¹
    • Yale: sān joih fūk jūng bāt jī fūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ dzoi⁶ fuk⁷ dzung¹ bat⁷ dzi¹ fuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ zoi⁶ fug¹ zung¹ bed¹ ji¹ fug¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ t͡sɔːy̯²² fʊk̚⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ fʊk̚⁵/

Phrase

身在福中不知福

1. to live in plenty without appreciating it; to be oblivious to the good life that one has (and hence be ungrateful)