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何不食肉糜
hé bù shí ròu mí
What 何不食肉糜 means
- (lit.) "Why don't they eat meat porridge?" (said by Emperor Hui of Jin {晋惠帝|Jìn Huì dì} when told that his people lacked rice) (saying)
- (fig.) to be oblivious to the suffering of ordinary people
The characters in 何不食肉糜
- 何héwhat; how; why
- 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 食shíto eat; food; animal feed
- 肉ròumeat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit)
- 糜mírice gruel; rotten; to waste (money)
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